Renault Master ambulance Lublin LU05203A reserve Renault Master ambulance of the Lublin Regional Ambulance Service (WPR Lublin), kept in the back yard of the local fire station in Łęczna, Poland. The WPR uses 2 bays of the fire station for their MB Sprinter and Renault Master, while the reserve ambulance is kept in the parking lot at the back.
Bodywork: presumably W.A.S. Wietmarscher Poland. (Lubicz, Poland)
Lightbar: Elektra (Warsaw, Poland)
Grill lights: Wesem (Wieliczka, Poland)
Siren: Elfir (Słupsk, Poland)
'C'-type vans like this one are typical for Central and Eastern Europe. 'R' stands for 'Reanimacja' (lit. 'resuscitation'), and was used as a label for advanced life support ambulances for almost three decades - hence the popular nickname 'eRka'. Today, the letter used is 'S' ('specialist').
999 is the emergency telephone number of the state ambulance service in Poland. Just like in ex-other Eastern Block countries, the police and fire service have separate numbers (these are 997 and 998, respectively). 112 has been in use for a few years (answered by either police or State Fire Service dispatchers), but the old ones exist parallel to the Europe-wide system, as the public are used to them and they are often much more reliable than 112.
Picture added on 25 April 2009 at 07:44
