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IAEA Specialists staff the Agency’s Incident and Emergency Centre, where information about Japan’s nuclear emergency is collected around the clock and disseminated to the Agency’s member states and the public. IAEA, Vienna, Austria, 24 March 2011
Copyright: IAEA Imagebank
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
IAEA Specialists staff the Agency’s Incident and Emergency Centre, where information about Japan’s nuclear emergency is collected around the clock and disseminated to the Agency’s member states and the public. IAEA, Vienna, Austria, 24 March 2011
Copyright: IAEA Imagebank
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Entering the 'Deifenbunker', a cold war era refuge for the federal government on doomsday, during the 1960's age of paranoia, Carp Ontario. The base coat of arms features the mythological three headed dog Cerberus, guardian of the underworld.
He was charged with the job of watching over the gates of Hades- devouring anyone trying to return to the land of the living and refusing entrance to anything alive.
One of the newest batch of vehicles to arrive with the same body on either the VW Crafter 163PS TDi or the Mercedes Sprinter V6 CDI
in the quiet bustle of hannover airport, a single traveler's silhouette stands out against the bright light streaming through glass doors, a moment of stillness amid travel's usual rush. the space is dotted with a curious collection of four emergency exit signs, an overzealous guidepost in this intersection of journeys. the scene is a blend of movement and pause, light and shadow, capturing the essence of transit and the meticulous design of public safety in travel hubs.
I did the right thing and stopped to let our firefighter friends cross the freeway. We don’t want to be the one that slows them down when they're on their way to assist someone.
UVM conversion. 4motion, four wheel drive. Used on the Islands where a large bodied ambulance is unsuitable for the road system.
Now with the new 2014 plate attached and ready to respond. One of 3 National Risk and Resilience Department, Special Operations Response Teams, SORT Response Units (SRU). These units have scene assessment, scene management and clinical response roles.
2006 Volkswagen Transporter T5 2.5l Special Operations Logistics Vehicle. Was used for the delivery and collection of specialised equipment from SORT bases and emergency response to resupply SORT and other paramedic units at major incidents. Also used to provide supplies and welfare at large mass gatherings.
Storm 'Frank' with severe flooding in Ballater. SORT responding to communities cut off by flood water.
Mercedes Sprinter 519 4x4 Auto, Wilker Conversion Difficult Access and Retrieval Unit. Iveco Prime Mover and Mercedes Incident Response Units in background
Ford Mondeo Demonstrator Paramedic Response Unit on trial at the time with Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
Primary Incident Response Unit for the Scottish Ambulance Service Specialist Operations Section of the National Risk and Resilience Department. Operated by Specialist Paramedics.
With Kind Permission of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Very impressive and comprehensive range of major incident response vehicles and equipment. On the right, Mercedes Benz 1820, demountable. In the middle, Ford Transit equipment carrier and on the left an Iveco Unit.
New T5 bi-turbo ready to replace the 2008 Honda Units. Awaiting registration plates. Scottish Ambulance Service, National Risk and Resilience Department, Special Operations Response Teams, SORT Response Units.
Supervisor, incident management and training vehicles. Kia Pool vehicle and VW LT 46 Logistics Unit in background
One of two operated by the Scottish Ambulance Service, one on the Island of Arran and the other in Inverness, primarily at the HEMS base and then as a spare in the Borders. Here seen on loan to the Special Operations Response Team at their first base at McDonald Road Fire Station in Edinburgh. This one is also unusual as it has alloy wheels - they are only on it as it was almost impossible for the Fleet Department to source steel wheels - and all the better for it!
Cold and Frosty Morning
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4x4 Personnel Carrier
VW T6 4Motion Response Unit
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4x4 Difficult Access and Retrieval Vehicle
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4x4 Incident Response Unit IRC
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4x4 Incident Response Unit IR HEV
Cold and Frosty Morning
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4x4 Personnel Carrier
VW T6 4Motion Response Unit
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4x4 Difficult Access and Retrieval Vehicle
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4x4 Incident Response Unit IRC
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4x4 Incident Response Unit IR HEV
Iveco / Bence / Excelerate forward Command Vehicle, next to Iveco Prime Mover with POD and two versions of the VW Transporter T5 4motion. The Special Operations Response Division is part of the National Risk and Resilience Department. The Special Operations Response Teams operate a range of specialist vehicles and equipment to enable them to access, triage and treat patients in environments where other paramedics are not able to operate.
A 2004 SORT VW LT 46 Emergency Support Unit to the far left, 2000 SORT Emergency Equipment Truck on a Renault Midlum chassis in the middle and to the right a 2005 SORT Response Unit - a Ford Transit Connect.
Truckfest in 2007, part of the Emergency Services Display. Vehicles from the National Risk and Resilience Department, Special Operations Response Teams. From the left: SORT Response Unit - Ford Connect, NRRD Logistics Unit - VW Transporter T5, (Renault Master - Mid or Urgent Tier - not Special Ops), SORT Emergency Support Units x 2 - VW LT46, Mercedes Vario - Ambulance Control Unit, SORT Emergency Equipment Truck - Renault Midlum 7.5 tonne.
SAS vehicles mainly from SORT (HART), HM Coastguard 4x4 first in line, then Special Operations Response Team - Renault Midlum 7.5 tonne x 2 , Mercedes Vario 7.5 tonne Control Unit, Volkswagen LT46 x 2, Renault Master, VW Transporter T5 Logistics and Ford Transit Connect SORT Response Unit.
Scottish Ambulance Service Specialist Services - SORT vehicles. Iveco based set, Prime Movers, Incident Response, Emergency Support and Forward Command.That's more like it - cold, high winds and rain after several bright sunny days.
2003 Mercedes Benz Vario 814D 7.5 tonne Mobile Ambulance Control Unit (MACU), emergency communications, command control and co-ordination unit. 3 units introduced in 2003. Designed to be self-sufficient for extend periods, multiple communications and monitoring platforms.
Scottish Ambulance Service Specialist Services - SORT vehicles. Landrover 110 and VW T5 4x4 and equipment Pods.That's more like it - cold, high winds and rain after several bright sunny days.The grain and low resolution of the phone adds greatly to the effect.