3. Ambulance Control Systems

When you dial 999 and ask for an ambulance one will be sent to you as quickly as possible.

This can only happen because the ambulance control centre have a system that lets them know exactly where ambulances are at any given time.

They can see which ambulances are already carrying a patient to hospital or are already on their way to another emergency. They can see which available ambulance is the closest to you.

Ambulances use GPS Satellite Navigation systems to locate places and drive to emergency calls quickly. This can be a great help especially if a crew isn't familiar with an area.

However, GPS Sat-Nav are not perfect - they sometimes provide a poor route and so ambulance drivers will rely on their own expert local knowledge to get there as easily as possible - minutes count!