An ambulance station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of ambulance vehicles

Ambulance

An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...

, medical equipment, personal protective equipment, and other medical supplies. Most stations are made up of garage bays or a parking area, normally undercover. In addition to this, stations may also have a crew room, bunk room/living quarters, station office, kitchen area, equipment store, sluice room - cleaning equipment, clean linen store, oxygen cylinder store, and shower facilities.

Some stations are equipped with a fuel pump to refuel ambulance vehicles and vehicle workshops. Larger stations may have a managers office or training rooms. Ambulance staff may be summoned from the station for emergencies by siren, radio or pagers; depending on the station. At times, crews may be required to park up at a dispatch point, away from the station to cover a certain locality. While vehicles are within the station, charging points are connected to keep the vehicles batteries charged appropriately.

External links

• Ambulance Service Association