The ideal ambulance would cost too much
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Two papers which municipal-vehicle erators will find very worth while were asented at a meeting of the automobile rision of the Institute of Mechanical gineers on Tuesday. Mr. G. K. Martlew, ief engineer of Dennis Bros. Ltd., was the thor of "Fire engines", while a surgeon's RW of what vehicles for the transport of itients should be like was given by Mr. P. S. .ndon of the Birmingham Accident Hospital
his paper entitled "The design of nbulances".
All aspects of fire engine design were ivered by Mr. Martlew, operating requireents, chassis design, pumps, bodies and ;capes being headings of the main sections. )am and firefighting fog and methods of proacing them were also dealt with and on ture trends Mr. Martlew said that there as an increasing realization of the need for gh vehicle performance. In illustrating how is was met by increased-power engines )upled with easier control, better manoeuvbility and automatic transmission, the rthor described the Dennis F44 fire appliance hich has a Rolls-Royce 235 bhp eight(linder petrol engine and Allison automatic ansmission.
After setting down the functions of an mbulance and the parameters for design to )eet the requirements of patients, Mr. London aid that an enthusiast would probably press )1a special investigation to try to design and uild the ideal ambulance but a' realist would acognize that such an undertaking would cost any thousands of pounds. The small number f such vehicles that would be required would onsequently be very expensive and the olution must include the use of as many tandard parts as possible.