I don't quite understand how the paper knows there was a crew ona rest break. This must have been released by the ambulance service. So why did they release that information? Why couldn't they say "the nearest ambulance on duty was xx miles away (i.e. the nearest ambulance crew wasn't on duty. However xx minutes later another ambulance crew (i.e. the one on a meal break) came on duty and responded, arriving within x minutes." When a crew is on a rest break, they may not be at the ambulance station. During day shifts, I often pop into town, do some shopping or take a walk to destress. The service shouldn't release if a crew is on a break. They are off duty. They are a non-crew. they don't exist. Cheers Blippie