West Mids Ambulance Service Choose Movano
The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust has has placed an order of 64 Vauxhall Movanos to add the the existing 60 already in service, which will make up to half of a fleet of 275 emergency ambulances.
Good performance by the Vauxhall Movano has been paramount in the decision for a region who handles over 720,000 emergency calls each year. over an area of 5,000 square miles encompassing five counties with a total population of 5.3 million people. The vehicles will be in service for five years in, each covering at least 250,000 miles.
Graham Cann, Regional Head of Fleet at West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: “The Vauxhall Movano performs well for us in the front-line ambulance role. It has the right specification for the job, including ample power to get to incidents quickly and transfer patients to hospital. Our crews find it a driver-friendly vehicle, which is comfortable both for them and their patients.
“Movano has also proved to be a practical vehicle, with good parts availability and which our fitters find easy to work on. It represents good value for money, which is important with today’s pressures on budgets. I’ve also been impressed by the after-sales support we receive from the fleet sales team at Vauxhall, who always respond speedily to any issues we raise.”
The ambulances are based is the Movano 3500 long wheelbase maxi roof panel van built to an ambulance vehicle specification and delivered to the conversion company, Yorkshire company UV Modular, factory-painted in Ambulance Euro Yellow. The WMAS vehicles have the powerful 2.5 CDTi 16 valve engine for good performance in the emergency role.
Conversion, which meets the CEN 1789/2007 standard, includes side windows, all the internal fittings and lights, and an electrically powered ramp. Blue flashing emergency lights are also fitted and the addition of Battenberg striping and WMAS Trust logos leaves only the installation of equipment and a radio to make the vehicles immediately ready to enter service.
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