Rescue and Ambulance Stretchers Ireland

Ambulance, Rescue and Recovery Stretchers

Safety Equipment Ireland supplies Spencer ambulance stretchers, rescue basket stretchers, recovery stretchers and transport chairs to ambulance services, fire and rescue teams, event and voluntary medical providers and healthcare organisations across Ireland. The site is owned and operated by Phoenix STS, the fire safety and health and safety consultancy and training provider.

Every product is supplied on an enquiry basis with no online prices. Send the product names, quantities and the vehicle or site details, and the sales team will confirm suitability and availability and arrange supply across Ireland.

Who Buys Rescue and Ambulance Stretchers

Ambulance and pre-hospital teams fit out vehicles with trolley stretchers and matching mounts; see the wider ambulance service equipment range. Fire and rescue services choose basket and recovery stretchers for extractions over rough ground and in confined spaces; the fire and rescue equipment page covers the rest of that kit. Hospitals, clinics and care settings buy transfer and transport equipment for moving patients within buildings; start with hospital safety equipment for the broader range.

The legal context is straightforward. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, employers must prepare emergency plans and provide the equipment those plans depend on. In plain terms, if your plan involves moving an injured or immobile person, you need equipment fit for that task and people trained to use it.

In residential care settings, Regulation 28 of S.I. No. 415 of 2013 additionally requires registered providers to make adequate arrangements for evacuating residents, and personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) should name the equipment each person needs. The practical consequence is that stretchers and patient movement equipment belong in the written plan before they are ever needed in earnest.

How to Choose a Stretcher

Start with the task. Ambulance trolleys, basket stretchers, recovery and roll-up stretchers and transport chairs each suit a different job, as set out below.

Then check the numbers. Every Spencer product page on this site lists full specifications, including load capacity, dimensions, weight and loading heights. Capacities across the range run from 170 kg up to 356 kg, and a bariatric platform is available where heavier casualties must be planned for. Choose a capacity comfortably above the heaviest person you expect to move, allowing for anything carried with them.

For a step-by-step walkthrough, read the rescue stretcher buying guide. Spine boards, straps and stabilisation accessories sit in immobilisation equipment.

Training for Patient Movement and Evacuation

Equipment only works when staff are confident with it. For healthcare organisations whose emergency plans rely on patient movement equipment, Phoenix STS runs a Healthcare Evacuation Equipment Instructor Course that prepares in-house staff to deliver evacuation equipment training in their own building. Mention training in your enquiry and the team will line both up together.