Ambu-Bus Is Kentucky's New Emergency Vehicle Made From School Buses

PADUCAH, Ky. -- Behold the ambu-bus.

Authorities in Kentucky are making use of old school buses that are being turned into ambulances. Each one can carry up to 18 patients, which officials say will be of great help in case of a major accident or disaster.

The Kentucky Hospital Association is helping with the conversions through a grant program. Counties must buy the buses, but the association will help pay to convert them into ambulances.

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[minerva117]

09:38 AM on 05/07/2012

Awesome.........way to recycle......thumbs up!

[IfIonlyknew]

03:42 PM on 05/07/2012

The school districts don't throw the buss's away.They are sold if they work.And they are only using the ones that work........There is no recycling taking place,It is called re-purposing.And it probably costs more to do this than to buy a new ambulance.

[irocker350]

10:57 PM on 05/06/2012

Is there an expectation of an increased need of large multipatient ambulances?

[Pine Island Joe]

08:04 AM on 05/07/2012

Yeah, it's called "terrorist attacks."

[irocker350]

10:29 AM on 05/07/2012

sure, that's something we've had every day for the last 30 years and even more often since 9/11 huh?

[calvwyne]

12:42 PM on 05/07/2012

And those 18 car pile ups we always hear about in Kentucky

[Ty2010]

09:28 PM on 05/06/2012

Yay, signs of an end to the "spend what we want and raise taxes later" attitude!

[Dusty754]

06:30 PM on 05/06/2012

You tube link to this vehicle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbE5yJ0Au2o

[IfIonlyknew]

03:49 PM on 05/07/2012

Thanks Dusty.

[SylvreWolfe]

05:41 PM on 05/06/2012

This is an awesome idea and happening all over the nation. My area just got one.

[rocknhula]

08:01 PM on 05/06/2012

It could only be better if it had purple polkadots.

[blodisnut]

03:11 PM on 05/06/2012

Pictures, or it didnt happen.....

Come on Huff.....

You can do better than that....

[BRETT3066]

10:47 PM on 05/06/2012

agreed.

[tiredofthesameoldstuff]

03:08 PM on 05/06/2012

Looks like the original paper has the story under a subscriber only lock so cannot see if they have any pics.

[grifrn]

01:57 PM on 05/06/2012

No picture - Boo!

[scificarolinaguy]

01:41 PM on 05/06/2012

It is probably a great thing to behold, but without a PICTURE to look upon... FAIL!

[commento]

12:39 PM on 05/06/2012

The bottom line is it helps in an emergency.

[Gregster]

12:22 PM on 05/06/2012

"Behold the ambu-bus" It's hard to behold anything without a photo...

[olrasquel]

01:17 PM on 05/06/2012

So true.

[sendafay]

12:18 PM on 05/06/2012

Look at many old M*A*S*H episodes. You will see a converted school bus ambulance! They did it 60 years ago.