{"id":7189,"date":"2015-02-27T17:16:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7189"},"modified":"2015-02-27T17:16:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T17:16:14","slug":"one-off-volkswagen-amarok-ambulance-is-star-performer-in-east-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7189","title":{"rendered":"One-off Volkswagen Amarok ambulance is star performer in East Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The East Midlands is a busy, densely populated area of the UK — but it also includes the Peak District and some of England’s most demanding rural areas, \u00a0where severe weather, snow and\u00a0a network of unclassified roads can make access difficult for regular ambulances in winter.<\/p>\n

To address this problem, Volkswagen has worked with the East Midlands Ambulance Service to create a one-off off-road ambulance, based on VW’s Amarok pick-up.<\/p>\n

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The Volkswagen Group Emergency Services team designed and commissioned the build of the new response vehicle.<\/p>\n

In addition to all the usual\u00a0Amarok standard features, such as 4MOTION four-wheel drive and the ability to drive through water up to 500mm deep, the one-off ambulance is equipped with life-saving medical equipment and a load area designed to allow safe transportation of patients.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the project, Chris Black, Head of Fleet at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles UK, said:<\/p>\n

“Our Volkswagen Group Emergency Services team worked hand-in-hand with the client to develop a unique vehicle including securing all of the necessary type approval. Now in service, the vehicle is already beginning to receive a great deal of interest and I am sure that we can expect to see similar Amarok ambulances in the future.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suspect there will be more demand — even the most remote parts of the Peak District are no more\u00a0difficult to access than a number of other\u00a0rural areas of the UK, so if the Amarok adds value here there’s a good chance that emergency service buyers in other\u00a0areas might take a closer look.<\/p>\n

Indeed, in a seperate release recently, I noticed that the NHS Highland Estates,\u00a0the organisation responsible for looking after NHS facilities throughout the Scottish Highlands, recently took delivery of an Amarok pick-up and a VW Transporter 4MOTION.\u00a0The Amarok ambulance could be an ideal addition\u00a0to the Scottish Ambulance Service fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Midlands Ambulance Service has taken delivery of a custom-built Volkswagen Amarok ambulance, the first of its kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1108,1060],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7191,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions\/7191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}