Author: UK Emergency Vehicles

This silver Volvo V50 is used by Hampshire Ambulance Service to respond quickly to emergencies. It can get to a job faster than a traditional ambulance and begin to treat the patient while the ambulance is still making towards the scene.

This Volvo XC90 is used by St. John in London for Pediatric Retrieval Services. Notice the yellow bonnet that helps to increase the conspicuousness of the car. The rear view of the XC90.

British Red Cross Nissan D22 4x4 pick-ups. The unusual vehicles have a large box on the rear portion to carry equipment. They are liveried as Emergency Response Units and are fitted with snorkels to drive through deep water.

This Nissan Patrol has had its roof heightened as part of its conversion to an ambulance. This makes more height inside and also allows the blue lights to be integrated into the bodywork. It is run by the British Red Cross.

This is a Volvo V40 that is used by Severn Ambulance and Medical Services.

This green Citroen C5 is a private ambulance decked out in green and white checkers.

This is a Mercedes 310 diesel ambulance from 1989. This vehicle is used by Conocophillips and Total at the Humber Oil refinery. It is used to provide medical assistance at the massive oil processing site. The rear view of the Mercedes.

This is an immaculate Ford Transit mark 1 ambulance dating from 1977 which was still in use nearly thirty years later when photographed in 2006. Just like the Mercedes above it is fully operational with blue lights and sirens an is used at the Humber Oil refinery. The rear view of the Ford Transit. It was sold in 2008 and is now in preservation. By the end of 2008 it had covered just 14,000 miles from new.

This Renault Master ambulance is used by BMI Healthcare at Mount Alvernia Hospital.

120 MMN andD8 LRO are two Land Rovers that are used by an organisation called 'Extreme Medics'. They provide medical cover to events in remote areas Towed by the Land Rovers to the events are two custom built 7.5 metre trailers. They are self-contained mobile casualty units for treatment of injuries at the event site.

Here is the red Land Rover 110 in the terrain it was built for: snowy and icy gradients. Notice that the vehicles have clear blue light bars fitted on the all-terrain ambulances.

This is another Land Rover 90 from Extreme Medic's fleet. It is used as a rapid response unit.

120 MMN Also shown is a closer view of the grey Land Rover 90 against the backdrop of a wintry sun over a lake.

130 MMN is a blue Land Rover Discovery 3 that is also used by Extreme Medics.

This all-terrain quad bike is used by Extreme Medics as a fast response unit. It is fitted with a blue flashing light and carries some essential medical equipment.

This red Land Rover Discovery is used by NESST Rescue, a Scout-run ambulance organisation.

This Range Rover ambulance is being used for medical support at an off-road motorbike event. It is owned by Emergency Medical Ambulance Service UK.

This yellow Vauxhall Astra is used by London Ambulance's Clinical Education and Development section.

This is a Iveco-Ford truck that is used by the British Red Cross as an Emergency Support Unit. It was spotted in Inverness.

This Nissan Pathfinder ambulance conversion was new to St. John at Letchworth Garden City in August 2006. It was the first vehicle of its type to come into service and it is designed so a patient on a spinal board can be carried. The rear view of the same Pathfinder.

And EY54 WYC are two Lewis Day Transport MG ZT-T V6 190 ambulance cars. Behind them is a Ford Transit Connect.

This is a Vauxhall Vectra that belongs to 'Emergency Medical Ambulance Service UK'. They are a private ambulance service based in Yorkshire. Behind the Vectra are two Ford Transit ambulances.

This is a Scottish Ambulance Service VW LT46 TDI which has been converted by UV Modular. It is one of the most northerly emergency vehicles in the UK, being based at Kirkwall, Orkney. The rear view of the same ambulance. You can see how one of the rear doors is actually a ramp that folds down to allow easy access for a stretcher. This reduces the chance of back injuries by the paramedics lifting patients.

This Land Rover Forward-Control ambulance is decked out in army dessert camouflage colours. It has flip-down signs on each side to show a red + on a white background. This can only be shown when the vehicle is being used as an ambulance and offers some protection against being attacked in combat. There is a small blue flashing light on the roof and two repeaters on the front.

This Isuzu Trooper is used by Merlin First Aid Services as an emergency response unit. It can also tow an emergency support unit trailer.

This is a jumbo ambulance, or jumbulance. It is a converted double-decker coach that is used for transporting large numbers of people. Notice the addition of four blue lights on the front and rotating beacons on the roof.

This RAF ambulance is a 6-wheeled go-anywhere Pinzgauer.

This is a Citroen Berlingo used for patient transport by St. Mary's NHS trust in London. The inset shows the rear view.

This is an LDV Maxus and is also used by the same trust for patient transport duties.

This is a Ford Transit high dependency ambulance used by Caring For You. As written along the side of the vehicle, they are working in partnership with an NHS trust.

This Mercedes Benz Sprinter 311CDI has been converted into an 'alternative response vehicle' for Lincolnshire Ambulance Health Transport Service.

This is a Volvo V50 ambulance demonstrator. It does not have any county-specific wording or crests on the body. Inset: a close up look at the blue lights on the grille. Two small LED clusters are mounted through the grille's bars.

This is a diesel VW Jetta TDI. It is operated by The West Berkshire Rapid Response Car Fund charity and carries West Berkshire Council logos.

H12 DDS, S886 AWU, and J999 FCA This is a line up of three ambulance cars used by First Choice Ambulance Service. On the left is a Vauxhall Astra TD, in the middle is a silver Vauxhall Vectra 16v and on the right is a Vauxhall Zafira DTI.

This Mercedes Benz ambulance has had the name of the NHS trust that operates it removed. Due to changes in the geographic structure of the English ambulance services in July 2006, many ambulances required the operator's name changing. This vehicle is awaiting its new wording.

This is a long wheel base Mercedes Vito 111 CDI. This small ambulance is used as an Emergency Care Vehicle by Westcountry Ambulance Service. Notice that it has no blue light bar, just a series of smaller blue lights mounted onto the bodywork.

This is a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder ambulance that is operated by the British Red Cross. All of the flashing lights are clear when switched off and blue when switched on.

Here is a Land Rover 110 Defender which is used by St. John Ambulance in Chorley, Lancashire. Notice the heightened roof to make it easy to move around in the rear. In this shot the same ambulance has been called into action at a motor cross event. The injured patient has been loaded into the North West air ambulance 'Helimed 08', which is taking off in the background.

This is a Land Rover Discovery that is used for ambulance purposes by the voluntary organisation 'Emergency Mobile Medical Unit Rescue'. It has an unusual yellow and green stripe marks up the sides and has numerous sponsors mentioned on all sides.

This Honda CRV is a rapid response ambulance car with the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. The rear view of the same CRV. The Honda spare wheel cover has not been changed to a high-visibility version.

Another rapid response vehicle is this Land Rover Freelander. This used to be an emergency doctor car before the ambulance service took over the service. They changed the light bar from green to blue and made some amendments to the livery.

This beefy Nissan Patrol is used as an events ambulance by 'TAO'. It has two full blue light bars on the roof which flash from left to right and back simultaneously. These light bars are complemented by repeater blue lights around the periphery of the car.

This Mercedes Benz ambulance conversion by UV Modular is in service with Hampshire Ambulance.

This is an Iveco ambulance that is used by East Midlands Ambulance Service. It has white bodywork, but the bonnet and wind deflector on the roof of the cab are both coloured yellow.

This is a Volvo V70 XC that is used for ambulance purposes by the private company Haven Ambulance Service.

Here we have a yellow Ford Focus estate which is used as a paramedic rapid response car by the North East Ambulance Service in North East England. It has a slim LED light bar on the roof, with additional blue lights behind the grille and in the middle of the dashboard. The rear and side view of the same Focus. Its colour follows the European standard for ambulances and on top of this it has the common green and yellow battenburg markings. Heavily-tinted windows on the rear portion of the car help to hide any medical equipment from thieves, and also offer some privacy for seated patients that may be transported to hospital.