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A typical ambulance station. Ambulance base in Dryden, Ontario. An ambulance station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of ambulance vehicles and their medical equipment, as well as working and living space for their staff. Ambulance stations have facilities for maintaining ambulance vehicles, such as a charger for the vehicles ...
SMURD is an emergency rescue service based in Romania.SMURD is a structure subordinated to the Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU). The name is the Romanian acronym for "Serviciul Mobil de Urgență, Reanimare și Descarcerare", which means Mobile Emergency Service for Reanimation and Extrication.
An ambulance of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department leaving a fire station In countries such as the United States, Japan, France, South Korea and parts of India, ambulances can be operated by the local fire or police services.
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A Ford E-Series ambulance with its emergency lights on in Boston An NHS ambulance in south-west London. An ambulance is a medically-equipped vehicle used to transport patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. [1] Typically, out-of-hospital medical care is provided to the patient during the transport.
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In 1912, a group of 50 doctors agreed to go for free to call the station to provide first aid. Since 1908 the Ambulance Association has been established by enthusiastic volunteers with private donations. For several years, the association tried to reallocate the police ambulance stations, considering that their work was not efficient enough.
The first record of ambulances being used for emergency purposes relates to the troops of Isabella I of Castile in 1487. The Spanish army of the time was well treated and attracted volunteers from across the continent; and among their benefits were the first military hospitals (ambulancias), although injured soldiers were not picked up for treatment until after the cessation of the battle ...