Renault Master vans, actually :P As a SJA member myself, I thought that was a very fair and balanced piece. SJA ambulance crews are very thoroughly trained - OK so they're not paramedics (but then many NHS vehicles are crewed by double-technician crews too) but it's a bit more involved than just first aid. The vehicles are designed and equipped to meet European standards and generally the SJA crews can provide most of the treatment that NHS technicians can (except the only drugs they can give are Entonox and paracetamol). As the news piece mentioned - if the LAS wasn't overstretched by unnecessary calls (as Reynolds so often discusses), this support by the voluntary societies wouldn't be necessary... but as things stand it seems to meet a need.