Category: AMBULANCE

All ambulance vehicles

Air Ambulance

G-BELF Scottish Ambulance Service Britten-Norman Islander

G-BELF
Scottish Ambulance Service
Britten-Norman Islander
This plane operated as an air taxi in Germany. For five years it flew parachutists at Errol in Perthshire. It is painted in air ambulance livery in tribute to the role that Islanders played in the air ambulance role in Scotland.

Ambulance Motorbikes

LX18 AOZ London Ambulance Service BMW R1200RT

LX18 AOZ
London Ambulance Service
BMW R1200RT
The rapid response unit arrived at an emergency call to Euston station. While parked, the rider operated the steady blue lights that are about half the brightness of the usual flashing pattern. This is used to readily identify that it is an emergency vehicle on a call without blinding passing motorists and pedestrians with the full brightness flashing blue lights.

Classic Ambulance

CAU 263H Ford Cortina

CAU 263H
Ford Cortina
This ambulance car was converted by Herbert Lomas to be used by Vic Hallam Ltd of Langley Mill. It was later used by Heanor Division of St John Ambulance. In 2021 it joined the Great British Car Journey museum in Derbyshire.

Ambulance (General)

Platinum Ambulance Service MAN TGE

Platinum Ambulance Service
MAN TGE
It’s no ordinary ambulance, it’s an aMANbulance from Platinum Ambulance Service near Gatwick. The MAN TGE has a solar panel roof so it doesn’t need plugging in to charge the auxiliary batteries.

Ambulance (General)

DG55 XAF Rapid Response North West Vauxhall Corsa

DG55 XAF
Rapid Response North West
Vauxhall Corsa
The charity’s aim is to provide on call assistance to the emergency services. Trained volunteers help provide Water Search & Rescue, Suicide Prevention Patrols, Emergency Care & First Aid, Traffic Management, Event Support and Marshalling.

Ambulance (General)

Austere Medical Solutions BMW

Austere Medical Solutions
BMW
This car is used by specialist paramedic practicioners who provide subcontractor primary care services including acute visiting, remote medical provisions, police custody healthcare contracts and confined space rescue cover. The vehicle is blue light fitted with woodway pods front and rear, grille lights and front number plate lights

Fire (General) / First Responders / Police (General)

YJ12 BCU North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Vauxhall Astra

YJ12 BCU
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Vauxhall Astra
The photos also show what it looked like in its previous life as a police response car. This Astra was being retired from front-line duties with North Yorkshire Police in 2019. Instead of sending it to auction as normal, the workshops converted it into a first responder car to give it a new lease of life. This arrangement was facilitated by NYP and NYFRS sharing workshop facilities.

When the vehicle entered service with NYFRS in summer 2019 it was initially used for transport duties before being properly used as a first responder car.

A sister vehicle is YJ12 BDZ which is exactly the same; an ex-police vehicle converted to a first responder.