YM52 RUH This Vauxhall Zafira Club ambulance is owned and run by UK Event Medical Services Ltd. They provide pro-active ambulance personnel and equipment at large events.
The side view of the same car.
The rear view. It is clear that this is a private ambulance as there is no ambulance service crest or ‘NHS’ logo in its livery, and the company name is written on the rear.
T583 KAG is a private ambulance, previously used as a front line ambulance by North Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
The rear and side view, showing another ‘private’ sign that has been added to the livery.
H76 PNO is an ex-Ministry of Defence ambulance which is based at British Aerospace Filton, near Bristol.
The rear view of the ambulance. It was made in 1990 and was re-liveried in 2003.
T324 HGT is a London Ambulance Service LDV front-line ambulance.
LJ53 BVB The LDV above is joined by a newer LAS sister vehicle. The yellow 2003 Mercedes ambulance shows the revised livery for yellow LAS vehicles.
X438 GGO is another LAS LDV ambulance. By 2000 the yellow stripe has been replaced by a double strip of battenburg marks.
The rear view.
This P registration Vauxhall Astra van is used by the training division of LAS.
FXC 831L Here are two shots of a rare 1972 Range Rover belonging to the Stratford-upon-Avon division of St. John Ambulance based in Warwickshire. This vehicle was a original prototype from Range Rover and has a higher than normal back. Only seven prototypes were made and there are only two left. The other one has been converted into a camper van.
F65 TOT Here is another of Stratford’s ambulances: a Landrover.
The rear view, showing the double hinged doors conversion.
M906 TKP is a Ford Transit-based ambulance run by Kent Ambulance NHS Trust. The bodywork is by Customline.
G400 AVC This photograph shows the front and nearside of a 4×4 Landrover operated by Severn Ambulance & Medical Services, a small ambulance group that operate on the outskirts of Bristol & South Gloucestershire. Notice the additional amber flashing beacon for use on airfields.
V631 KNO This was one of three four-wheel-drive Chevrolet Suburban ambulances bought by Surrey Ambulance Service. The vehicles were based at the rural locations of Cranleigh, Haselmere and Godstone.
S420 STW is a GMC Chevrolet Suburban Silverado ‘Wheeled Coach’ Ambulance. It is being used by Norfolk Priority Care Medical Services for intensive care transfer work. Four shots of the vehicle are shown which is temporarily in the Surrey Ambulance livery – it’s previous owners – just like the vehicle above.
OW03 EFX This is a St. John ‘Cobra’ 4×4 response car, based on the Nissan Patrol. This is the first example of this type of emergency vehicle, belonging to the Halifax and Brighouse Division who use it as a first response vehicle as well as for kit carrying and towing.
Y778 HWF is a South Yorkshire Ambulance Service Volvo S40 rapid response car..
R492 THL Also from South Yorks. is this Rover 200 rapid response car.
YS51 JYP is a South Yorkshire Ambulance Service Landrover Discovery.
Y746 KET is a Vauxhall Astra estate ambulance rapid response car from Manchester.
HX03 NCU and A78 XKU, On the right is a 1983 Mercedes ambulance from the Ashbourne Division of Derbyshire St. John Ambulance. To its left is a vehicle 20 years younger: a 2003 £48,000 Renault Crusader which replaces the Merc.
P513 PRH is a TENYAS Mercedes Sprinter ambulance with wrap-around green and yellow checker livery.
A Volvo XC70 4×4 ambulance car.
GY52 ZDW This Honda ambulance car is from East Midlands Ambulance Service and is used as a response manager’s car.
This Mercedes-Benz Vario 814D truck has been converted to an control unit for the Scottish Ambulance Service. It has a pull-out canopy to the side and blue, amber and green & white checker flashing lights on the roof to denote it’s control status.
EU03 MSX This is an 2003 Ford Mondeo estate ambulance car demonstrator.
The rear view of a Renault ambulance in EU regulation ambulance yellow (Euro Yellow RAL 1016). The bodywork is by MacNellie.
This is a British-built Honda CR-V rapid response ambulance car.
The rear view, showing the spare wheel cover and high-visibility markings of this East Midlands vehicle.
This is part of an exercise in responding to casualties in the aftermath of a ‘dirty bomb’ attack. Personnel in protective suits and masks wash wounded casualties and transfer them from the ‘dirty’ end of the inflatable hospital to the ‘clean’ end via a rolling platform.
The casualty is transferred to a clean spinal board and further treatment takes place. The inflatable building takes minutes to set up anywhere and is illuminated from outside via the translucent roof. The walking wounded and other contaminated persons go through a series of showers that are run in parallel to this facility.
This is a Scottish Ambulance Service VW LT46 TDi with bodywork by UV Modular.
This silver Vauxhall Astra paramedic car by MacNellie is equipped with an integrated computer. A screen is integrated into the centre console and any packages can be run on it. This demonstrator used to be liveried as a Metropolitan Police car.
HW03 GGK This Jumbulance (multi-purpose jumbo ambulance) is a huge 2003 Mercedes Benz 814D truck. It is liveried in luminous-yellow Isle of Wight colours and has bodywork by WAS. We have been infomed that this ambulance has been of the road due to an accident where a 4×4 driver hit it. He told the police that he could not see it coming around a roundabout!