Rescue me! Emergency and rescue GB?

[Purplethistle]

Has there been a GB for Emergency/Rescue before?
If not, how about a GB for any kind of Ambulance, Fire wagon, Medevac chopper, Water bomber or Medic figure?
Air, land or sea. Plane, boat, vehicle or person....if it's purpose is to give aid, it's eligible. it could even be Katy ......or Pammy!

[fredk]

yup, it would mean I might actually build the RNLI Lifeboat kit I have, or the RAF Rescue Launch

[iggie]

I have the old Airfix fire engine and ambulance airfield set (somewhere....)

[chrism]

I have a shelf full of potential contenders that could fit this one, including what Fred and Iggie named so far.

[MarkyM607]

Darn, and I've just done my yellow RAF helo's project. Of course there is the Navy's grey/orange Sea King.....

[JohnRatzenberger]

On a quick look, I have the Airfix Dennis and the Entex 1/16 version of same ...
But I have some other thoughts ....

Question for clarification. The theme is emergency/rescue but the description mentions "any kind of ambulance, ...."
Is "emergency/rescue" required of just "any type" ? I think of an ambulance -- it's emergency/rescue at the scene and perhaps transporting to the first level of care, but is an ambulance (or hospital train/ship) that move patients from one level of care to a higher level of care still in an "emergency/rescue" role ?

[fredk]

I say no. I base that on here in N.I. we have ambulances for transporting patients, non emergency transfer ambulances do not have blue lamps, emergency first on scene or emergency transfer [same vehicle type] have blue lamps.

[Purplethistle]

On a quick look, I have the Airfix Dennis and the Entex 1/16 version of same ...
But I have some other thoughts ....

Question for clarification. The theme is emergency/rescue but the description mentions "any kind of ambulance, ...."
Is "emergency/rescue" required of just "any type" ? I think of an ambulance -- it's emergency/rescue at the scene and perhaps transporting to the first level of care, but is an ambulance (or hospital train/ship) that move patients from one level of care to a higher level of care still in an "emergency/rescue" role ?

Good question. I would certainly consider a Hospital ship or train eligible, as would be any vehicle not originally designed for, but nevertheless pressed into service transporting wounded at any stage of their aid.
E.g a Jeep or Kubelwagen with a stretcher on top. (Idea, literally as I type! - a British Para pushing a wounded comrade on a wheelbarrow or handcart)
As well as transporting wounded, any type of vehicle used to assist an evacuee or person requiring aid would count - Coastguard, civilian Police car or helo etc. but perhaps not Military Police.
(Another idea! ....a small boat picking up troops from Dunkirk would also count as rescue )

[Purplethistle]

I say no. I base that on here in N.I. we have ambulances for transporting patients, non emergency transfer ambulances do not have blue lamps, emergency first on scene or emergency transfer [same vehicle type] have blue lamps.

Hmmm, interesting one! It could also be argued that the hospital ships had operating theatres aboard and some of the patients would not have been out of danger until they had had access to the facilities aboard.
Topic for debate?

[JohnRatzenberger]

I think then we are really looking at "first responder" which is OK by me.
I just wondered if "any type" took us into other areas.

BTW, there are/were purpose built hospital ships.

BREAK.

Would rescue include ocean-going tugs? I think of Foundation Franklin and others glorified in Farley Mowatt's classic Grey Seas Under. BTW, read it if you never have, or again if a long time ago.

[Purplethistle]

I think then we are really looking at "first responder" which is OK by me.
I just wondered if "any type" took us into other areas.

BTW, there are/were purpose built hospital ships.

BREAK.

Would rescue include ocean-going tugs? I think of Foundation Franklin and others glorified in Farley Mowatt's classic Grey Seas Under. BTW, read it if you never have, or again if a long time ago.

First response it is then.
I would reckon ocean-going tugs would fit the bill, particularly if the kit represented a vessel that was involved in any type of rescue.

[DH-Drover]

Our vet has an Animal Ambulance ?

Dai

[chrism]

Yes there were a number of hospital ships, some of them were issued with decals and options just to build like such, whilst others have had decal options to allow building them as wartime hospital vessels or otherwise

[Chuck Finley]

I was thinking about taking the lifeboat and chin radar from an Academy SB-17G and using them on the Airfix B-17G and build a SB-17G Flying Fortress flown by the 3rd Rescue Squadron out of Misawa Japan during the Korean War. Would that be allowed?

[Purplethistle]

I was thinking about taking the lifeboat and chin radar from an Academy SB-17G and using them on the Airfix B-17G and build a SB-17G Flying Fortress flown by the 3rd Rescue Squadron out of Misawa Japan during the Korean War. Would that be allowed?

Oh yeah! That sounds like a good one.
If this gets enough signees then it might be an idea to have it late next year, after the release of the Airfix 1/48 Walrus