Category: Ambulance (General)

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.