In message , at 11:04:51 on Sun, 8
Feb 2009, Roy Stilling remarked:
There's also a certain degree of function creep in the use of the
word "Ambulance".
Is this a Fire Engine:
http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/fire/dcp00999.jpg

No, it's a fire chief's car. I don't think they are new - ISTR having
a Matchbox model of one about 35 years ago.

Exactly. Whereas it seems that *any* vehicle connected with the
ambulance service seems to have "Ambulance" written on it, even when it
doesn't have a primary patient-carrying function (any more than the fire
chief's car has a primary fire fighting function).
--
Roland Perry