Nine new electric vehicles added to East Midlands Ambulance fleet

Every division in the East Midlands region will receive one of the electric vehicles. 

Nine new electric cars have been added to the fleet of East Midlands ambulances.

The vehicles were purchased with an NHS Charities Together grant and they will be used by the Community First Responders (CFR).

All the electric vehicles have sat-nav fitted as standard and the Community First Responders (CFR) will be able to re-charge the vehicles at numerous charging points across the region.

In addition to the normal kit carried these vehicles are equipped with a Raizor lifting chair which means the volunteers will be able to assist patients when they have had a fall.

James Hornby, Service Delivery Manager for Community Response at East Midlands Ambulance Service said:“Thanks to the funding secured, we have been able to provide these state-of-the-art vehicles to our Community Response schemes across the region.

“These nine vehicles join the other eight electric vehicles which our schemes have and will help ensure our volunteers, who make a huge and valued contribution at EMAS can continue to make a difference to the lives of people within our communities across the region.”

Every division in the East Midlands region (Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire) will receive one of the electric vehicles.