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Ambulance Driver Programs. Both hospitals and community colleges offer training in ambulance driving and emergency medical technician duties. EMT training is commonly packaged with ambulance driver training into seamless programs that take place full-time during weekdays or weekends or part-time in the evenings.
The US government sponsored a research project to determine the state of emergency medical services in 1965. This resulted in the now famous 1966 White Paper. The US Government, as a result of the 1966 White Paper, developed a basic set of guidelines of what is a land-based ambulance. In brief, an ambulance should be: 1  Temperature The ambulance needs to be able to operate if the exterior temperature is between 0 to 95 F. 2  Speed The ambulance must be able to maintain a sustained speed of 65 mph. 3  Acceleration from 0 to 55 in 25 seconds. 4  Hills The ambulance must be able to travel up a 3 % hill at 55 mph.