Finding a free vehicle means phoning round
To assign a scheduled transfer you need to know who is free and where. Today you ask, one crew at a time.
Special vehicles — Ambulances and emergency
You shouldn't have to radio round to find an ambulance.
For volunteer associations, community ambulance services and patient transport companies: where each vehicle is, which jobs it has run and how much it has really worked. The tracker is installed on the actual conversion, without touching the medical equipment.
The point
A fleet that never stops, and that nobody sees all at once.
Ambulances run long shifts, change crews and leave from different stations. Information on where they are and what they have done travels by radio, phone and paper job sheets.
Crews change, mileage doesn't add up
The same vehicle passes through several hands in a day. At month end the mileage is rebuilt from the sheets, when there are any.
Maintaining a vehicle that can't stop
An ambulance in the workshop is an uncovered shift. Maintenance planned by calendar comes too early or too late compared with actual use.
A conversion that leaves no room for improvisation
Sirens, beacons, stretcher, suction units, drug fridge: the electrical system is already loaded, and a badly fitted device is a risk, not a saving.
Jobs reported from memory
Times, routes and stops of scheduled transfers are pieced together afterwards, when someone asks, instead of being recorded as they happen.
The technical difference
How a tracker is installed on a converted vehicle
An ambulance is not a van with a cross on it. The installation starts from the conversion, not from a device catalogue.
Electrical system and on-board loads
Vehicle battery, leisure battery, inverter, external charging sockets and medical equipment all share the same vehicle. The device has to be powered and positioned with all of this in mind, without taking power away from the equipment needed during a job.
What Zenit does
Zenit supplies and installs trackers on any type of vehicle and at any voltage, converted vehicles included. Zenit contacts the installer in the area where the fleet is based, and the work is scheduled around shifts so that no station is left uncovered.
- Emergency and patient transport ambulances
- Rapid response cars and coordination vehicles
- Civil protection vehicles and equipped vehicles
- Vehicles for transporting people with disabilities
What the technical check confirms
Vehicle model, converter, electrical system and available space. The check also defines which data will reach the platform: location, routes, stops and use from the tracker; signals from the conversion or the vehicle only if they can be connected and are confirmed on that vehicle, never taken for granted.
What you see
The functions an emergency fleet needs
Only what is available today. Anything that depends on the vehicle or its conversion is stated as such.
Every vehicle's location
Where each ambulance is when the device communicates, on a single map, without calling the crews one by one.
Routes and jobs recorded
Departures, arrivals, stops and routes go into the history while the job is happening, not rebuilt at the end of the shift.
Maintenance based on actual use
Mileage and use of each vehicle to plan services and checks before a breakdown, not after.
Video of driving events
Where enabled, the dashcam helps reconstruct an accident that happened during a job. The set-up is also assessed from a privacy standpoint.
Stations and areas
Stations, bases and hospitals drawn as areas on the map: arrivals and departures become recorded events.
Several bases, one fleet
Vehicles spread across several stations or branches on the same platform, with access limited to those who need to see them.
What changes
From «who's free?» to «I can see it on the map».
No figures claimed: timings depend on the area, the services and the organisation, and are measured on your fleet.
Before
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Location asked for by voice
To know where the vehicles are you call, and the answer holds only until the vehicle moves.
- 2
Jobs reconstructed afterwards
Times and routes are put back together from the sheets when someone asks for them.
- 3
Maintenance by calendar
The busiest vehicle and the least used one go into the workshop on the same date.
With Zenit
- 1
Location on screen
Where each vehicle is when the device communicates, without interrupting the crew.
- 2
History recorded as it happens
Departures, stops and arrivals stay on the platform, searchable by vehicle and by day.
- 3
Maintenance based on use
Due dates follow the actual mileage and use of each vehicle.
Limits
What Zenit doesn't do, said before the demo
With vehicles that save lives, a misunderstanding costs more than elsewhere. Better to clear it up here.
We are not a control room
Zenit does not take emergency calls, assign jobs, set priorities or route vehicles. It shows where they are and what they have done: decisions stay with whoever is coordinating.
We do not handle health data
The platform records vehicle data, not patient data. No clinical information passes through Zenit, and none should be entered.
We do not modify the conversion
The device is installed without touching the medical equipment or the converter's electrical system beyond what is needed to power it safely.
We do not assess compliance for you
Privacy for employees and volunteers, agreements with health authorities and reporting obligations remain the organisation's own assessments. Zenit's data can help document them; it does not replace what is required.
The value
The cost of an emergency fleet doesn't show up on the fuel bill.
No percentages claimed. These are the levers, and they are measured on your organisation.
Less time on the phone
Coordinators see the vehicles instead of looking for them, and crews are interrupted less.
Fewer unexpected breakdowns
Maintenance based on actual use reduces the failures that leave a shift uncovered at the last minute.
Documented jobs
Recorded routes and times turn reporting into an export, not a reconstruction.
Before installation
Three decisions that define the set-up
Vehicles, organisation and access determine how to install and what to show to whom.
Vehicles
The vehicles and their conversions
Models, converters and electrical systems: this is the check that says where and how the device is fitted on each vehicle.
Answered with the vehicle list and, where needed, a site visit.
Areas
Stations and bases
Where vehicles leave from and return to determines the areas to draw and the events to record.
Drawn on the map together, starting from the stations you already use.
Access
Who sees what
Coordinators, base managers and administration need different views, and not everyone needs to see everything.
Roles and visibility are defined before activation.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about ambulances and emergency vehicles
Does the tracker interfere with the ambulance's medical equipment?
The installation is planned precisely to avoid that. Before fitting, the electrical system, batteries, conversion loads and available space are checked, and the device is placed without modifying the medical equipment or the converter's work. Zenit arranges the installer, in the area where the vehicle is based.
Does Zenit replace the control room or the dispatch system?
No. Zenit does not assign jobs, set priorities or replace control room systems. It shows where the vehicles are and what they have done; if that data needs to reach another system, integrations are assessed project by project.
Will the tracker drain the battery of an ambulance parked at its station?
The device's consumption is assessed during installation, together with the other on-board loads and the way the vehicle stands at its station, often plugged into a charging point. The aim is for the tracker not to become one more load to worry about.
Can vehicles driven by employees and volunteers be tracked?
Yes, but tracking vehicles used by people comes with its own privacy rules and, for employees, rules on remote monitoring at work. Assessing them and meeting any obligations is up to the organisation, with its own advisers, before activation. The platform lets you limit who sees what.
Does this also work for rapid response cars, civil protection vehicles and other equipped vehicles?
Yes. The principle is the same: the actual vehicle is checked, with its conversion and its power supply, and a suitable device is installed. Zenit installs trackers on any type of vehicle and at any voltage; what changes from vehicle to vehicle is the range of data available.
Tell us what vehicles you run. We'll take care of the rest.
Vehicle list, converters and stations: that is all it takes to work out how to install and what you will see on the platform.