Category: Ambulance (General)

DK03 TAV is Welsh Ambulance Services Ford Focus rapid response car.

The rear view. It has English wording on the offside and Welsh wording on the nearside.

RL51 DWG This is a Fiat Ducato. No company name is shown on this private ambulance, however it was operated at the time olf this photograph by East Anglia EMS. It has a sign on the side stating “working in partnership with the Great North Air Ambulance”.



The rear view showing the rear v-shaped light bar on the roof. The vehicle has since been sold on.

BD09 WXM Yorkshire Ambulance Service use this Vauxhall Combo for their commercial training services, including first aid. It carries basic ambulance-coloured livery but no blue lights as it is not classed as an ambulance.

YJ58 FJD This is a Vanhool coach that is used as a jumbulance, a jumbo ambulance. It is used for the mass transportation of sick or injured people. It has two blue flashing beacons at opposite ends of the roof, both protected by a grille.



The rear view of the jumbulance.

SN05 CUH is a VW LT46 used by the Scottish Ambulance Service’s Special Operations section as an emergency support unit. It carries extra equipment to the scene of a major emergency.



The rear view showing the beaver-tail loading platform.

Y709 JGS Here is a Renault Midlum truck that is used by Scottish Ambulance Service’s Special Operations. There is a small blue light bar on the roof of the cab and a number of small leds around the bodywork.

NC07 PFN and ND59 USZ. Here are a pair of North East Ambulance Service Ford Focuses. The 59-reg model shows Fords facelift and it is also fitted with a blue lens light bar as opposed to the slimmer clear led bar on the older 07 model.

V920 MWT This is a Vauxhall Astra that is used by YorMed First Aid and Medical Services as a private ambulance car. It is not fitted with any blue lights and is half of the company’s fleet, the other vehicle being a Mercedes Sprinter ambulance.



The rear view of the Astra.

WA58 LDL This ambulance quad bike is marked as “Quad Response” and is operated independently from Bodmin in Cornwall. The bike is a road-legal Can-Am Outlander 650 Max.

M906 STF Event Fire Services operate this rescue ambulance which is hired out for events. It is an imported Chevrolet Chevy Van 20.



The rear view of the Chevrolet ambulance.

CX51 NKP This Land Rover Defender TD5 is used by the workshops of the Welsh Ambulance Service. It is fitted with a blue and an amber flashing light on the roof.

YJ59 OPC This is one of ten Land Rover Discoveries that were new to the YAS area in late 2009. They are used for rapid response duties and allow the possibility of attending calls in inaccessible rural locations or in snow.



The rear view of the Discovery showing the smart livery and thin roof-mounted light bar.

B10 HAA This Volvo V70 is owned by Heathrow Air Ambulance, a private ambulance service. This car carries a standard ambulance colour scheme and a personalised registration plate.

W704 YER This is a yellow Volvo V90 ambulance conversion. It was formerly with Wiltshire Ambulance Service based at Trowbridge. It was one of six identical vehicles bought by Wiltshire and similar vehicles were used in a small number of other services in the UK, including Northumbria. It is now in private hands but kept operational.

X637 ABU This Vauxhall Omega is used by the private ambulance service Medi-Response Services. The company specialises in event cover and is based in Llandudno.

SY09 LGX This is a Nissan Pathfinder that is used by the British Red Cross. Notice that the light bar has been attached t the rear demountable bodywork.



The rear view of the emergency response unit.

NG05 CYW This photo shows a blue Ford Focus that is decked out in ambulance colours. It is operated by County Durham EMS.

P999 MMS is a Ford Mondeo rapid response car that is operated by Manchester Medical Services.

LK07 DOV This Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulance is operated by London-based Special Ambulance Transfer Service as a high dependency unit.

OY06 VZU BASICS Hampshire operate this Skoda Octavia VRS for emergency response work in the county. The writing on the bonnet reads “ambulance, doctor”.

VX56 KLA London Ambulance Service operate this Iveco truck as an equipment support unit.



The rear view of the same van. The beaver-tail lowers and the shutters raise so trolleys of equipment can be wheeled off.

LD07 XWY This is an example of a Honda CRV used by the British Red Cross in the London area.

P320 NLU Another of the Red Cross’s vehicles is this Ford Explorer with a 4-litre engine. It has ambulance-coloured checker markings but is not fitted with a blue light bar.

In this scene two LAS vehicles have attended a road accident on The Mall. Rapid response cars are often deployed at the same time as ambulances to provide patients with the earliest possible pre-hospital care.

Shown here is an all terrain vehicle (quad bike) covered in yellow and green checker markings. Notice the matching helmet and the blue light on a pole. The unit can provide medical cover at large events and is operated by a private ambulance service.

This Land Rover Freelander is used by the Wings Medical Group. Note the blue lights integrated into the vehicle’s head light units.

YJ09 KVT This is a ambulance responder Skoda Octavia Scout pictured in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.



The rear view of the Octavia. 2009 was the first year that this make of vehicle was used by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

This BMW is an ambulance car which is with the private company Manchester Medical Services.

This Nissan X-Trail is used by a company called First Aid Cover Ltd. They also operate motorbikes, cycles and ambulances from their London base.

LJ54 GFU This is a Renault Master PTS ambulance with the London Ambulance Service. It is decked out with a wide blue stripe down the sides and a blue light bar on the roof.

AJ58 WBV is a British Red Cross emergency equipment unit, parked next to an emergency response unit.

LR58 TPF This Red Cross Ford Transit Connect is used for community training work. It is fitted with a blue light bar on the roof for emergency response work.

This is a Mercedes Benz Atego Red Cross emergency control unit. Notice the number of colours used for lighting on the roof: blue, green, white and amber.

The Liskeard Division of St. John Ambulance in Cornwall operate this Land Rover support unit towing a large first aid trailer.

SF55 HBO is a Renault Megane Scenic ambulance response car that is operated by the Scottish Ambulance Service.



The rear view of the SAS Scenic.

AJ58 TKY is a Volvo XC70 that is used an an ambulance rapid response car. Notice the clear LED light bar, and the repeater LEDs set into the grille and on the front wings.



The rear view of the XC70.

BX58 XLW and BX58 XKY are two Volvo V70s owned by Evolved Medical in Bristol. They are used by paramedics to undertake rapid response work on behalf of Great Western Ambulance Service.

SN08 KVU This white Ford Transit is used as a driver training vehicle by the Scottish Ambulance Service

AE54 HXW This is a Santana PS10 2.8 turbo diesel, operated by the Windle Valley Division of St. John in Surrey . Santanas are basically Land Rovers built under licence in Spain .

OIL 7884 is a Mercedes 412D Wilker Lunar Ambulance. It is operated by St. John Ambulance’s Bangor Division. It is used as both a frontline emergency ambulance as well as for patient transfers.

V381 GBU This is a Fiat Marea Weekend in blue that is used as an ambulance car by Event Medical Solutions. It has the standard ambulance-colour checker markings down the sides and a magnetically-mounted double blue light on the roof.



The rear view of the Marea Weekend

AY58 EFK This is a St. John Ambulance Treatment Centre. It is often deployed where large numbers of people gather, to reduce the pressure on local accident and emergency departments. It is converted from a long wheelbase Citroen Relay truck.

LR58 TPF This Ford Transit Connect is used by the British Red Cross for emergency support work. It has a full-width led light bar on the roof and two small rear-ward facing flashing leds mounted above the rear doors.

T5 XPC is a privately owned ambulance car. Notice that four flashing leds have been fitted behind the grille in addition to the other blue lights.

MT02 YSU This Orange BMW is in service with North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust as a paramedic rapid response car. It is unusual to have an orange base colour, but due to the amount of colour added on top of this it is less noticeable.



The rear view of the BMW. Notice how the LED light bar has been attached to the roof rails to avoid damaging the roof.

YJ08 MZY is one of a pair of smart silver Volvo V50s were spotted in Lincoln. Notice how the light bar has been attached to the roof rails. This helps avoid damaging the bodywork and could increase the re-sale value of the car when the ambulance service dispose of it.

CX07 DDA is a Welsh Ambulance Service Ford Focus rapid response car. In the background you can see a full-sized emergency response ambulance.

LX08 AFZ This is a Citroen Relay that is in service with M&L Ambulance Service in the London area. It is the extra-long wheelbase model powered by a diesel engine.

GN57 NBD M&L also operate this LDV Maxus as an ambulance support unit. It also carries the company’s green diagonal stripe livery on the bonnet.

BT57 UWJ is a Nissan Navara operated by the British Red Cross. It has an unusual combination of amber lights on the roof but small blue flashing lights lower down the bodywork.