Thread: Mamaroneck, NY EMS New Road Rescue Ambulance

This is Mamaroneck EMS's new 2011 Ford E-350 bus made by Road Rescue. It's usually staffed with a volunteer EMT, volunteer driver, volunteer attendant/CFR and a Paid paramedic. The cover 6.7 square miles and 19,000 people. I'll try to get some pics and video of my own but for now, the delivery pics will have to do...

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Photos are all courtesy of North Eastern Rescue Vehicles

Originally Posted by firedude

...It's usually staffed with a volunteer EMT, volunteer driver, volunteer attendant/CFR and a Paid paramedic.

Nice box, but just curious - they run with 4 people on the box? That seems like a lot of people for a 2 door unit.

That short Justice is a FAIL in my book.

I like the paint job. I dont think a Justice belongs on an ambulance and I would have put all 900 LEDs not 600. Overall looks good. A vid would be nice.

I think it looks sharp! I'm a big fan of Road Rescues.

Originally Posted by philyumpshus

That short Justice is a FAIL in my book.

Yeah, it's already got plenty of lights in front with those 600's, they definitely don't need another light there. trollface

Originally Posted by Doug

Nice box, but just curious - they run with 4 people on the box? That seems like a lot of people for a 2 door unit.

They usually run with 4 during the busy shifts (mostly weekends). However, on slower shifts (weekdays/nights), they just run 3 (Driver, EMT, Medic). If the call is BLS, the medic might leave and get driven back to their HQ so he is availble for other calls if needed. They have 2 ambulances in service and 1 spare (shown bellow). On weekends, they might staff 2 shifts, with 1 medic. It's hard to explain. It's all because their part of an ambulance district, similar to a Fire District, but for EMS. The Medics are provided by the ambulance district but ride on the rigs (rather then a fly car), they are not part of the transporting agencies. Their are 2 other agencies in the Town of Mamaroneck Ambulance Distict (Larachmont VAC and a CERTeam).

Originally Posted by VolEms

A vid would be nice.

I'm working on it. Maybe this weekend, if not the next.




These are their other rigs... (The new rig is 68-A-2)

68-A-1 (almost identical)




68-A-3

Any idea what prompted the decision to go with less chevron coverage on the rear of the new unit? I kinda like the look of the older one with the entire rear being chevrons.

Originally Posted by RescueWV

Any idea what prompted the decision to go with less chevron coverage on the rear of the new unit? I kinda like the look of the older one with the entire rear being chevrons.

I'm not 100% sure. I believe the chevrons on the new rig are NFPA compliant, while the idenitcal older rig isn't. I like 68-A-1 chevrons a lot nicer then the new rig's.

clear lenses on all the lights? And why do you have to keep back 100 feet for this ambulance but 200 for nearly every other? (the back door)

Otherwise looks cool enough

Originally Posted by firedude

I'm not 100% sure. I believe the chevrons on the new rig are NFPA compliant, while the idenitcal older rig isn't. I like 68-A-1 chevrons a lot nicer then the new rig's.

Until NPFA 1917 is adopted (which will probably occur in the next 12 months), there aren't any NPFA standards that apply to ambulances. However, the NPFA 1901 standard for fire apparatus calls for at least 50% of the rear of the vehicle have red/lime or red/yellow chevrons.

Some places are finding that covering the entire rear of the ambulance is simply too much coverage, and is more distracting that partial coverage, especially at night when car headlights shine on them.

As for the 600's, they can provide superior coverage. Check out Frazier's (ambulance manufacturer) use of 600's on most of the rigs that they deliver in Texas.

Originally Posted by dovy6

clear lenses on all the lights? And why do you have to keep back 100 feet for this ambulance but 200 for nearly every other? (the back door)

Otherwise looks cool enough

Because fire apparatus have hose to extend. Ambulances only have to load a patient. Really it could be done with 20 feet.

Originally Posted by charlie82

Because fire apparatus have hose to extend. Ambulances only have to load a patient. Really it could be done with 20 feet.

Fun fact of the day: the "keep back 500 feet" on the back of fire apparatus came from the days of riding tailboard. The 500' was to keep the car behind the fire engine from running over a fireman if he fell off the tailboard. There were a lot of rigs that didn't even carry 500' of supply line back in the day.

The ambo in the first pic has a tiny light bar on the roof. I wonder how much light that thing throws off?

Got a short video of it today (just the on scene lights)... Watch in HD and check out my other vids...

Maybe it's the camera, but that pattern looks way too fast.

Originally Posted by C420sailor

Maybe it's the camera, but that pattern looks way too fast.

If it was the camera, wouldn't it be faster? Anyway... yes, the flash patern was way too fast for on-scene only lighting.

I like the way the cowl (front fender) lights are angled forward on this and its sister rigs. I hadn't seen that before and it seems to be an added measure for intersection clearing.

Personally, I like the chevrons on the new rig better than the older. The color's more appropriate for safety purposes. I also find the mixture of lettering with the full chevron design distracting. As for nighttime effectiveness, I'd think they'd be equivalent since they both define the size/width of the vehicle to assist approaching traffic in avoiding the ambulance.

This design is really cool but is it effective in heavy traffic to drive off and reach quickly on spots?
This looks heavy in design, hope it can carry more than one patients at a time.

I never got why ambulance companies like to put 8 individual 600's or 900's on the front or back of their rigs.

Are they aware that Whelen makes a 4500 series bar?

Looks neater, better off axis warning, and when the company wants to remount the rig in 5 years they can do so, and change the lighting to the current lighting without having to close up 8 4x6 holes.