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Red Lights in POV when responding to the station
About 2 years ago out village board banned all members except Chief and Asst Chiefs from using red lights in their POV's inside the village limits while responding to the station(We do not allow anyone other than the officers to respond to the scene in private vehicles). Now we have had a couple complaints about outside the limits, so now seeing they are on the clock(so to speak we are volunteers) for the village as soon as the pager goes off the board is going to ban them for all firefighters outside the village(again except for the Chiefs). I'm looking for other dept or governing boards policys and protcols.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Eastwood on
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In my town, we are allowed to have one red light on our POV's but no sirens.
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Permalink Reply by Loyd Dittfurth on
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oh dang sorry i thought that red were legal but no sirens but red/blue are strictly for ems and police
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Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on
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Simple **** DONT DO IT****
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Permalink Reply by Rusty Mancini on
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In my state you are allowed to run lights and siren, you have to have both on when responding to the station or the scene.The lights must be visible at the highest point 360.Only the chief can release a new member to run lights and siren after they are trained in pov response and understand the sop's and laws.I would check your state laws before deciding anything.sop's have to be reinforce, you don't want a randy the rescuer to cost you everything!
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its simple for me i can get there just as fast driving smart as most can hauling ass
(learned that when i was a kid and my dad always beat me to the station)
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Permalink Reply by BillySFCVFD on
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I always read the law when it pertains to me or my actions but I got a headache reading Texas' Transportation Code. One section does state blue is for police only then another says differently, go figure. I read that sirens, bells and exhaust whistles(old school) are legal for VFFs also. TCSS
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lol really i didnt know that its good to know though
WHY THE HECK DID YOU READ THE WHOLE THING
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Permalink Reply by Fire Capt. 1304 on
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Iowa allows blue and white, no sirens at all, and you must obey all traffic laws.
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Permalink Reply by ashfire on
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Maybe you need to approuch you village board and ask them if they want some sort of rules for use of lights by other members of your fire company other than the chief. For one safe measures for use of the lights. If you have members that drive like a bat out of hell then there should be some control over that. I have ridden with people who got behind the wheel of a emergency vehicle and try to part traffic like water. I have been thrown around the back of a ambulance by people who would get right up behind other cars and have those cars stop dead in front of the ambulance. I am glad they never hit anyone but the patient, anyone else and myself took a beating in the back.
I learn in my driving to give the other drivers some distance and use my warning devices as best as I can to move them before I get close to have them stop in front of me.
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Permalink Reply by FETC on
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FIrefighter Close Calls just posted a POV accident with use of just a light when requiring light and siren. As far as our jurisdiction, my vfd told me way back, that his light/siren card authorizing his volunteers only authorized us in our own town. Never seen it in written law though...
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To punish myself. Ouch my head hurts. TCSS
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Permalink Reply by Kyle Lickteig on
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In NC Red lights are the only lights that can be ran for Vols, and that's with dept approval. Blues is strictly forbidden unless your Law enforcement. as far as sirens go, that's a chief/assistant chief tool. so def look up state laws, bc thats the overlying factor, but can be restricted further by depts.
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