Below is a Renault Espace people carrier used by St. John as a smaller ambulance. It can carry a patient, but not comfortably. It is normally used for treating patients before the emergency ambulance arrives.
This is a Talbot ambulance from Ripon, North Yorkshire.
This is a Ford transit ambulance, this time used by a private company for supporting a trials bike event around Keilder Reservoir, Northumberland.
A Ford Transit emergency ambulance responding to a call out in County Durham.
These Army Landrover ambulances were spotted at a hospital and Military Base in Yorkshire. They are equally at home on the roads of the UK or in a battle field anywhere in the world. The oversize red cross on the side is supposed to tell the enemy not to bomb them as they are carrying out humanitarian work.
These Army Landrover ambulances were spotted at a hospital and Military Base in Yorkshire. They are equally at home on the roads of the UK or in a battle field anywhere in the world. The oversize red cross on the side is supposed to tell the enemy not to bomb them as they are carrying out humanitarian work.
In the ever busy city streets of the UK, this Paramedic motorbike can speed through traffic far easier than a road ambulance could. It means faster responses to serious incidents, and better access for the road ambulance as this can radio in the exact location of the patient. This bike is with the Northumbria Ambulance Service. Note the map just in front of the seat.
R927 WPU is a North East Ambulance Trust an American-style ambulance. This is one of the smaller ones, with the front based on a large car.
T584 KAG This is a small Volkswagen-Collet ambulance. You can see the bright markings to make it stand out in the more rural areas of Yorkshire.
The range of equipment it carries.
Saint John Ambulance Service is prolonging the life of an ex-service Ford Transit ambulance C300 YWY by using it for recruitment purposes.
L182 FPY is a Mercedes ambulance at St. John’s Chapel, Weardale, Co. Durham.
K990 NDM is a British Red Cross Land Rover 130 ambulance.
Here is a Quick Response Unit ambulance. Based at Kitty Brewster Industrial Estate, Blyth, with the North East Air Ambulance. There is no hospital there, just the helipad and hanger.
HF53 ADU This Tow-a-van trailer is used by Hampshire police for water search and recovery work.
SY55 CWM Northern Constabulary use this Ford Transit Connect in the North of Scotland.
A West Yorkshire Police BMW X5 battles through picturesque but treacherous snowy conditions. During the heavy snow fall of January 2010, West Yorkshire police drafted in a fleet of Land Rovers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland to assist with reaching more remote locations.
A fleet of police motorbikes from various forces around the UK are paraded for a formal photograph.
GX04 LDC This is a Sussex Police Mercedes-Benz C320 being used to block a dual carriageway at the scene of a road accident in wintry conditions.
This police car is temporarily out-of-action due to heavy snowfall. Underneath the snow is a Sussex Mercedes C-class.
HX09 AED This is a police BMW 320D Touring on patrol in a suburban area of Hampshire.
HX08 SVR This is a Hampshire Ford Focus that is used for general patrol duties. Notice that no front-facing blue flashing lights have been fitted to the very front of the car. However a dashboard-mounted light supports the main light bar on the roof.
OV07 BZA is a Kent Audi A6 TDI Quattro. This fast car has been fitted with full-height battenburg markings and a slim LED light bar on the roof.
This is a brand new Northern Constabulary Ford Focus that has yet to be assigned a registration plate.
The rear view, showing the black panel to fit the plate to.
Here is a pair of BMW police motorbikes that are operated by Gloucestershire. Notice the semi-circular blue lights on the front match the full-circle version on the rear pole.
Here is a very similar BMW which is carrying a temporary sign on the front to warn motorists of a cycle race approaching.
M661 KNP This is a Vauxhall Omega that was in service with Thames Valley Police. It is now preserved in private ownership. Notice the anti-drink-drive message written down the side.
LG09 KZO This DAF LF truck is used by the Metropolitan Police in London for non-emergency work, including equipment transportation. It is fitted with amber flashing lights all-round and carries the Met’s standard stripe and a small sign in the windscreen to indicate its owners.
The rear view. It is seen here collecting in temporary road closure signs and cones.
BX08 LKP This is a Met Police personnel carrier based on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.
The rear view of the van.
PX59 BFN This is one of Cumbria Police’s Subaru Imprezas. New in the summer of 2009, it is the WRX STI model which is equally at home on Cumbria’s motorways or winding rural roads. The four-wheel drive car is fitted with full emergency warning equipment, including a full-width Premier Hazard light bar and LEDs behind the grille.
A second view of the same Impreza. You can see the Cumbria crest on the bonnet which was hidden by the large air scoop in the previous picture. The standard police battenburg livery is used down each side.
FG57 MSO This Vauxhall Astra is part of a join venture between Durham Constabulary, Durham Agency Against Crime and ADT Security.
This North Yorkshire Ford Transit is showing a demonstration livery of yellow, blue and white battenburg! In fact a number of the yellow panels have fallen off, either due to not being correctly applied when new or by being power-washed too hard.