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Emergency Response in Personal Vehicle

by Fireman1274

Jun 30, 2008

Hers one for you guys...
One of our Fire Fighters on my department, was recently pulled over, and yelled at by a local sheriff, while running to our station for a rescue run. The sheriff told him he was not allowed to run lights and siren after the squad has left the station. Our county has no written protocols pertaining to this. We have asked our chief, and our Township trustee, they told us to respond to station as if the squad has not left, as we have 2 squads, and we have to man our stations.

What do you think of the sheriff and this situation?
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    steve 593

    i think the sheriff was wrong for doing that what if his house was on fire. would he pull him over if all the trucks were gone to that

    Feb 17, 2009

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    Barbara Nelson

    True that, I was relay pumping from tenders to the fire attack engine and the sheriff comes to me and tells me to move my engine so he can pull ahead and turn around (we were on a narrow 2 lane gravel road) Needless to say I informed him that there was no way I was going to move my engine. He could just back out.

    Feb 18, 2009

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    Shareef Abdu Nur

    I am not a volunteer and perhaps I do not fully understand, but in my own personal opinion, members should never run lights and sirens to get to the Firehouse, either in POV's or apparatus. If you have the call volume, than you should opt for staffing your firehouse. The number of accidents involving members in POV's speaks for itself.

    Feb 20, 2009