March 14, 2024

For Immediate Release

Redwood City — Calling 911 for a medical emergency may soon dispatch a four-wheel-drive ambulance, with capabilities for improved access and increased safety. San Mateo County’s emergency ambulance services provider, American Medical Response (AMR), is adding three new 4x4 vehicles to its fleet, with the first to be based in Half Moon Bay to serve the Coastside region.

Built on a Ford F-450 chassis cab, the new, custom-built ambulance carries a gross vehicle weight rating of 14,000 pounds and boasts a 7.3 liter V8 engine and a hydraulic rear suspension, which can lower the height of the patient compartment to make it easier for ambulance crew to move the patient gurney in and out of the vehicle.

Like other equipment in AMR’s fleet in San Mateo County, the advanced life support (ALS) ambulance, will be crewed by a paramedic and an emergency medical technician.

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