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Silverado94

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Our backup rig is 1996 Mobile Medical Type III NO LEG ROOM 6'0" and i can't hardly drive that piece of crap. Our first out rig is a 2006 Horton Type III all i have to say is Wow the leg room i can even recline a little.
 

mfrjason

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YOur right Chic0,too bad it is a van,cuz it would look slammin if the paint job was on a type III.
 

keith10247

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Ok, first off, I love seeing the difference in the ambulances out there in the field. i just wanted to contribute pictures of my station's ambulances.

Our first ambulance is a 2005 International with an Excellence PT Compartment. We primarily staff it as a BLS unit but if we have a medic we can staff it as an ALS unit.

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Our second out ambulance is an older Road Rescue (I believe a 1994ish.) It also has the capabilities of an ALS unit if a medic is on board. I do not like driving this unit as it feels like I am driving a big mini van and I forget to set the emergency brake which is important because it sets the high idle. Without high idle, I always end up stalling it when I put it in drive. :blush:

We also have a suburban that is converted to a mini ambulance. We have it converted to hold a backboard. This allows us to respond up steep driveways and down narrow roads where the ambulances cannot easily get to. Once we retrieve the patient, we transfer them to the ambulance and respond to the hospital.

Lastly, Not a typical unit...We staff a Rescue Engine which has tools that we have on the ambulance. We carry a LP, aid bag, oxygen bag, and portable suction unit. Additionally, we can staff our engine with a medic to make us an ALS rescue engine. There is a fully stocked drug box so we can care for a PT while waiting for a medic transport unit to arrive.

(Sorry for the picture being so big)
 

keith10247

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One more thing. The International actually has Cup Holders!! The older RoadRescue does not. I have to hand my pepsi to the EMT for him to hold while I drive. Not cool!
 
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TheWedgie

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Here in South Australia we use a combination of Mercedes Sprinter, Ford F250 and Ford Transit vehicles for most duties (the Sprinters and F250's for emergency work, Transits for non-emergency transport)

Last stats (July 2006) we had 128 Sprinters, 43 F250s, 13 F350s, 19 Transits, and 5 Toyota 4WD's, plus a multitude of management/team leader/command vehicles (combinations of Ford Falcon sedan/wagons, Ford Territorys, Holden Commodore sedan/wagons, Holden Adventra 4wd wagons, Nissan Patrol 4WD's).
They're slowly getting rid of the F250/350's and moving all emergency vehicles to the Mercedes Sprinters.

And onto the pics!





It seems we may be changing our livery soon to - apparently we're not visible enough as it is...


Oh, we also operate the state's three rescue helicopters, but I don't have details or pics handy.

-Nick
 

keith10247

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It seems we may be changing our livery soon to - apparently we're not visible enough as it is...

MORE visible??? I cannot imagine what more visible looks like. I can almost see it from over here in the US as it is... If my memory serves me correctly, Australia had a big part in creating a new standard in the US that requires us to have bright chevrons on the back of our apparatus. I hated it at first but I must say I am getting used to it more and more. I just hope that you guys dont push the retro checkered pattern on us!

Thanks for sharing!
 

TheWedgie

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MORE visible??? I cannot imagine what more visible looks like. I can almost see it from over here in the US as it is... If my memory serves me correctly, Australia had a big part in creating a new standard in the US that requires us to have bright chevrons on the back of our apparatus. I hated it at first but I must say I am getting used to it more and more. I just hope that you guys dont push the retro checkered pattern on us!

Thanks for sharing!

Sorry, the bright new ones are the trial new livery. The normal stuff is all above.
More than likely that standard came from the UK, as I don't believe any services here in Australia look like that just yet.
(We've got two new executive managers from the UK, so I daresay that's why we're changing to look like them).

-Nick
 

TheWedgie

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Found the information on the three helicopters we also coordinate.
Shared between us, the SA Police, and I believe the Country Fire Service (for firebombing/spotting).
We however, coordinate everything from our State Communications Centre.

Rescue 51: Agusta Bell AB-412 (VH-LSA)


Rescue 52: Eurocopter BK117 (VH-VSA)


Rescue 53: Eurocopter EC130 (VH-OSA)


-Nick
 

Airwaygoddess

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Welcome to the tribe!! Wow Bright rigs!!:)
 

TheWedgie

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Welcome to the tribe!! Wow Bright rigs!!:)

Thanks. Just to clear it up, the flouro green/yellow/orange rigs are a proposed new paintjob, we're not using them (yet).
The helicopters are those colours because they are sponsored by a local bank, and that is their logo.

-Nick
 

rgnoon

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Seeing how this older thread has been dug up, I figure that I might as well contribute. We have two Custom Wheeled Coach rigs, the newer of which is a 2005
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and the older is somewhere around an '02

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imurphy

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Mainly here in Ireladn we use Voyager Pods on Ford Transit bodys, but we also use Mercedes Sprinter conversions. Both nice. I just generally prefere the Voyager.

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Grady_emt

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Our newest "new" (excluding 4 2008 remounts) is a 2007 F350 with a Frazer generator powered module.

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emt9577

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We just picked up 5 more wheeled coach type 2's, with at least 8 more ordered. These are on the 07/08 chevy chasis with the duramax diesels. They look like they should be good trucks!
 

Warlock

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Cleveland

Being a major city we ride International Urban Assault vehicles
 

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Grady_emt

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One of our new remounts, a 2008 F350 with a 2002 McCoy Miller box remount.

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