V729 ECH This is a Volvo V70 that is marked up as a paramedic car and is operated by APMS (Ailsworth Practice Medical Services) in Peterborough.
The rear view. Notice the paramedic sign on the rear window is see-through for driver safety and a metal plate has been fitted to the bumper where equipment drawers slide out.
N865 MWT This 1996 Ford Transit is used as a command and control unit by St. John. It is part of the North Yorkshire and Teesside fleet.
RJ10 AKG This is a Honda CR-V which is in demonstration livery but is seen here being used by St. John Ambulance.
A look at the rear of the car.
L294 RBD is a St. John Ambulance Land Rover Defender 110. It is a 1994 2.5 TDI model which was still in use when this photograph was taken in 2010.
EO51 WEP This is a white Ford Mondeo that is used as an emergency first responder car by the LIVES group (Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service). It is unusual in the fact that the light bar on the roof contains blue and amber lights. The blues are used when the car is being used for medical purposes, and ambers for when it is not.
The rear view. The writing on the rear screen says Saxilby & Sturton Responder.
A look at the side of the car.
SH56 ZYL The Scottish Ambulance Service uses this Ford Focus Zetec 2.0 TDCI estate for rapid response work. Notice how the blue LED on the wing has a blue lens whereas the ones on the grille have clear lenses.
This Renault Master ambulance is operated by Bristol Ambulance EMS, a provider of independent ambulance services since the early 1970s. This blue light vehicle has a white and green colour scheme and is liveried as a newborn emergency stabilisation transfer team vehicle.
VX58 KTK This Vauxhall Zafira is used by Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust for rapid response work. It is decked out in full height battenburg and has a clear light bar on the roof.
V920 MWT This Vauxhall Astra was new in 1999 and is seen here decked out in ambulance colours for use by Yormed. The car doesn’t have any blue lights fitted. On the bonnet is a temporary advert for a local newspaper “Life Savers” campaign.
The rear view of the Astra with clear “Private Ambulance” markings.
YJ04 YSZ This is a Mercedes Benz Vito that is used by Yorkshire Ambulance Service as an ambulance and support vehicle. It is usually deployed proactively at large events. It has a Vector-type light bar on the roof.
The rear view from road level. Notice the double NHS logos and service crests on the rear doors.
NK52 KYY A silver Land Rover Discovery built by Land Rover Special Vehicles. It is used as an Event Support Unit by Medics UK. It is not fitted with any visual warning equipment.
The rear view.
DU09 ZZY This is a Vauxhall Vectra estate that is used by a company called EMS in Country Durham. It is labelled as a medical response car and is fitted with a full-width blue light bar.
The rear view.
G-LNAA is the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance.
NX58 BNN This white Land Rover has been fitted with a snowplough to help keep roads passable for all emergency services during the winter. It carries a simple NHS livery and amber flashing lights.
SO08 NKM This VW Transporter has been converted into an ambulance by UV Modular and is used by the Scottish Ambulance Service. Notice the single wide band of battenburg markings down the side.
CX07 DVK This is a Mercedes Sprinter ambulance conversion by UV Modular for the Welsh Ambulance Services.
The rear view.
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.
Here are a pair of St. John Ambulance cycles parked in front of two motorised ambulance vehicles. The bikes are made by Swissbike and have a heavy-duty hinge under the seat, meaning the bikes can be folded in half and transported easily.
Here is an example of a St. John Swissbike in action in the daylight.
Here is a London Ambulance Service bike that is used at Heathrow Airport. The small pouch attached to the rear box carries a spare inner tube.
The rear view of the bike, showing the the wording ‘working in partnership with BAA’ and the large rear blue flashing led.
LJ57 UXU is a Vauxhall Vivaro that is used by LAS’s Cycle Response Unit for transporting bikes and related equipment to events. It carries a basic LAS livery.
Here a St. John Ambulance medic cycles through a chicane of cones at a demonstration event in Smithfield Market, City of London.
Another St. John medic has removed the equipment from the rear of his bike and is passing under a low obstacle at speed as part of the same demonstration.
An example of an ambulance responder bike with two panniers and a rack-top bag. It carries the familiar green and yellow checkered colour of ambulances.
This privately operated ambulance cycle is heavily equipped. It has the usual medical equipment on the rear and front panniers. The whole bike is decked out in yellow with green stripes.v
On the handlebars is a vast array of equipment. It has a mirror, a small and a large siren, white lights, blue constant light, blue flashing lights and even a bluetooth Tomtom Rider sat nav. It’s no wonder the brakes have been upgraded to cope with the weight.