page_title: Emergency medical services in Australia
section_title: Vehicles
hierarchical_section_title: Emergency medical services in Australia / Standards / Vehicles
caption_attribution_description: English: New South Wales Ambulance Holden Trailblazer South West Duty Operations Manager Inspector 91
context_page_description: Emergency medical services in Australia are provided by state ambulance services, which are a division of each state or territorial government, and by St John Ambulance in both Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
context_section_description: Ambulance services in Australia provide emergency medical services by means of a number of service delivery methods.  These include both conventional ambulances and aircraft, but also include a variety of rapid response vehicles with single paramedics, including both all-wheel drive type vehicles (SUVs) and motorcycles.  Supervisory vehicles are also equipped with medical equipment, and capable of providing first response service, when required.  Some services, most notably New South Wales, provided the statutory rescue service in addition to their role in pre-hospital care, this has recently changed however, ASNSW Rescue Units are currently in the process of being disbanded with their rescue duties and resources being reassigned to the NSW Fire Brigade.    There is no national standard for the design of conventional ambulances in Australia.  All ambulance services have their vehicles built to their own internal specifications.  That being said, the ambulances are roughly similar from one state to another, and all generally comply with the European Standard CEN 1789 as published by the European Committee for Standards, apart from the visual identity provisions.  This compliance is, however, incidental.
caption: Supervisory Vehicle
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