Category: Motorsport Rescue

This Ford Transit marked as an emergency ambulance is operated by Serpent Rescue.

A rear view of a Vauxhall Vectra estate ambulance belonging to Ambulance Direct (Yorkshire). Note the non-standard livery and one red lightbar. The additional red light bar is a stroboscopic warning system for use on race tracks where red is the recognised danger signal, the lens can however can be converted to blue for other deployments.

This is a V8 LDV 400 Convoy ambulance rescue unit from the British Racing and Sports Car Club. It is refreshing to see a non-state ambulance decked out in interesting markings, and no battenburgs in sight! It carries both medical and extraction equipment set by the Motor Sport Association. The front view, showing the light arrangement, livery and some of the crew! They are unpaid volunteers who undertake regular assessments and training carried out by fire service and paramedic instructors.

This is a Saab 95 estate. Its powerful turbo-charged engine makes it ideal for the Medical Rescue Team based at Oulton Park motor racing circuit. This car is fully road legal and had been driven to the event by the team. Here is another view of the modified 95 estate provided by the rescue team (showing one of the paramedics). It has 270 bhp provided by an upgraded ecu chip. Upgraded brakes and suspension and touring car tyres keep it on the track, most of the time! The car was donated to Octagon Motorsport at Oulton Park by SAAB UK. The vehicle is due to be replaced with a newer 93 estate in 2003. The circuit also runs a Toyota donated in 1995. The purpose of the cars at OP is to get a definitive medical response to any incident within 1 min! The equipment range is vast, covering everything you would expect from an A+E based hospital response unit, even a portable anesthetic unit.

This is a 1990 Land Rover Defender being used by 'Pennine Rescue', a company that specialises in providing rescue ambulance cover for motorsport events. The vehicle has been donated by Transco and is ideally suited to crossing boggy fields or hills to get to where it is needed.

This Ford Transit replaced the white Land Rover 130 above. It is a 4x4 Ford Transit County in Pennine Rescue's distinctive green livery. The rear view of this high ground-clearance vehicle.

Another of Pennine Rescue's vehicles is this green Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 312D rescue ambulance. This smart van has two light bars and repeater blue lights on the grille as well as an eye-catching battenburg livery. The company emphasises the 'rescue' side of their service rather than the 'ambulance' side. 'Rescue' is written on every side of the vehicle, between the blue lights on the roof bar and on the personnel's clothing. The vehicles carry amongst other items fire fighting equipment and heavy cutting equipment, including the jaws of life, spreaders and saws.

This is a private Land Rover 110 ambulance. It was sighted at an 4x4 off-road event where access is limited due to the terrain.