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A rescue vehicle is a specialised vehicle designed to transport and provide the equipment necessary for technical rescue. [1] Vehicles carry an array of special equipment such as the jaws of life , wooden cribbing , generators , winches , hi-lift jacks , cranes , cutting torches , circular saws and other forms of heavy equipment unavailable on ...
Emergency medical vehicle, built in a Renault Scenic, in Santarém, Portugal. A non-transporting EMS vehicle can help emergency organizations use their resources more efficiently, assessing an incident's severity (especially where there is reason to suspect the injury or illness is not serious) and either treating the patient at the scene and then releasing them or calling in additional help ...
A police van and an ambulance in Thuringia, Germany in 2013. An emergency vehicle is a vehicle used by emergency services.Emergency vehicles typically have specialized emergency lighting and vehicle equipment that allow emergency services to reach calls for service in a timely manner, transport equipment and resources, or perform their tasks efficiently.
The Oshkosh P-19R is an Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle and it was selected by the United States Marine Corps in 2013. [3] The first delivery occurred in June 2017, Initial Operating Capability (IOC) followed in February 2018, and in service the P-19R serves as a first-response vehicle in aircraft fire emergencies at military bases and expeditionary airfields.
Most often a squad truck is a rescue vehicle designed to transport the necessary tools, equipment, and personnel to perform a vehicle extrication at the scene of an entrapment. The squad truck assignment is variable, by department and region, so assigning specific types of apparatus or tasks is very difficult.
The vehicle may also display the name of their owner or operator, and a telephone number which may be used to summon the vehicle. A British paramedic fly-car vehicle with high visibility Battenburg colour scheme, popular in the UK. Ambulances may also carry an emblem (either as part of the passive warning markings or not).
Generally, vehicles count as an ambulance if they can transport patients. However, it varies by jurisdiction as to whether a non-emergency patient transport vehicle (also called an ambulette) is counted as an ambulance. These vehicles are not usually (although there are exceptions) equipped with life-support equipment, and are usually crewed by ...
SRV-300 is a deep-submergence rescue vehicle that is rated to dive up to 300 m (980 ft). [1] It was built by DRASS for the Marina Militare, and is capable of descending to 300 metres (980 ft) carrying 12 passengers in addition to crew.