Emergency vehicles

Emergency vehicles

Ambulances 

NETS ambulances are registered and operated in the ambulance category. The vehicles are fitted with:

  • Two way radio - operating on the Government Radio Network (GRN)
  • GPS navigation
  • Satellite tracking
  • Defibrillator
  • Suction units
  • Vehicle based oxygen driven
  • Portable Laerdal electric suction
  • Medical gases for long range missions; oxygen (4,500L) and air (4,500L)
  • Stryker PowerLoad Pro
  • NETS electric life support trolley
  • 'In Ambulance Vision for Life' - Allowing live streaming from patient compartment to NETS coordinating nurse and medical consultant
  • Transilluminator holder/recharger
  • Storage for medical retrieval kits
  • Refrigerator 

Rapid response vehicles

NETS operates a few rapid response vehicles to support ambulance services. Senior NETS staff use these vehicles during complex missions. They help urgently transport equipment and specialist doctors, like surgeons, for emergency surgeries before the NETS team transports the patient.

Aircraft

NETS do not operate its own aircraft. 

Most air missions across NSW are by twin-engined turbine-powered helicopters or fixed-wing planes under contract to the NSW government. 

For longer distances, a jet plane is used. Occasionally, NETS travels out of NSW or Australia by charter jet, military aircraft or commercial airliner.