On Sat, 26 May 2007 17:32:16 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
mused:

raden wrote:

There has to be a serious compelling reason to move an ambulance
station. You only hear the ones going in your direction, not those
going the other way

Ambulances are not deployed at ambulance stations. Stations act simply as a
base where the ambulance is cleaned and re stocked with supplies and the
crews can leave their personal stuff.

When they go 'green' from their first job they wait 'on call' at strategic
points - you will often see ambulances on road bridges, in supermarket car
parks etc - they rarely return to the station until the end of the shift.

My daughter is stationed at Bexlyheath, but gets jabs as far away as Hendon.
If for example they have to take a patient to a specialist hospital in E
London, then can then be the nearest 'green' vehicle to a call just over the
border in N London and this leapfrogging carries on during busy periods.

And if they get a red call 5 mins before the shift ends and they are the
nearest green ambulance - they attend.

My head hurts now.
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Regards,
Stuart.