Emergency Vehicle POV Lights - Firefighter

[nfs3fan2]

In Indiana the laws are:

Blue for volunteer FD

Green is medical

Red is FD owned vehicles

Red/Blue is police

Tow, INDOT, construction, plows and mail use amber.  All vehicles are permitted to have flashing red lights to the rear although it is not advised. DOT had amber/red to the rear.

Corner strobes are allowed in vehicles but only fire (volunteer and paid) and police can have flashing headlights (strobes or wig wags).

[TractorWorld]

do u run ur grill lights off a control box to change patterns or how does that work? thanks!

[69muss]

your such a loser, you videotape the lights on your car at night while motionless!! then post in on YouTube. FAIL

[sheltienutanthony]

@16goarmy ... POV = personally owned vehicle

[suffern2]

I want to be a firefighter really bad and cant wait to join and get those lights

[thermon12]

@suffern2 same thing with me. i live right accross of the fire station

[16goarmy]

what does POV stand for... sorry I'm not old enough to be a firefighter yet

[FooteWithAnE]

U must be up north

[hollywoodridgerunner]

hey id appreciate it if you would give me some ideas on good fair priced blue lights thanks just shoot me a message.

[reptile411]

Thumbs up if you ever feel like smashing into a car in the oncoming lane with those god damn fog lights on?

[user6954]

i tried to order from led outfitters and ended up haveing to call my credit card company because they never delivered the lights. 

[dcfrmp255]

In Georgia:

Red=Fire/EMS

Blue=Police/Sheriff

Red&Blue=Combined Fire Police

[stewartx5]

I'm curious whether anyone within the industry (fire, police, etc) has studied the possibility that so many brights lights on emergency vehicles might be distracting drivers enough to actually cause accidents. The bright lights certainly make it far harder for drivers to see the roadway or situation at night.

[Lawmaster1702]

Pa State Law

Blue/No Siren: Volunteer Fire/EMS Personal Vehicles

Red/Siren: Fire trucks and Ambulances

Red/Blue/Siren: Police

Amber: All Public Service vehicles must have rear mounted amber lights

Green: Designates command post on emergency scene

[Bifster218]

New York State

Blue - Volunteer Firemen Personal Vehicles

Red - Police, Ambulance, Fire Chiefs\Asst. Chiefs in Personal vehicles

Green - Volunteer EMS Personal Vehicles

Amber - Tow, Plow, Construction, Personal Mail Vehicles

Purple - Funeral Persession

NYS law says, A volunteer fireman can have 1 blue light not to exceed 50 candle power. ( aka a tear drop light ). You must have a BLUE light card, from the firehouse. And have it to give to a police officer if pulled over.

[DetJohnKimbel]

YUP.....PRETTY GAY

[hayes4321]

SC- Is

FD-Red

PD-Blue

EMS-RED WHITE

No Blue allowed IN ANY CAR, Only Marked police cars...

[kugeod]

А у нас в России сядешь за такую хрень

[zootoo63]

hahaha. rescue919, learn your laws before you post a response

[rescue919]

Just FYI NFPA and Federal Law states to be able to run emergency traffic (Red or Blue Lights) you must be: 360, Amber In Back, and Siren Must be Activated. If you respond with lights but no siren and are involved in a crash you are automatically at fault.

[EMTFirefighter573038]

That sounds more like a State or local law seeing as in different states different lights may be displayed and also that some states do not condone the use of "Lights on Sirens On". NJ for example lights may be displayed without constant use of a Siren and or Horn.

[lfdlumpy]

VERY TRUE. Company I work for had one person running lights without siren, got into a crash and now is he out of work and getting sued. It pays for everyone working in the emergency field to read up on local policies. I always have and always will run siren regardless where i am because I want to be safe as possible, even though there are some people who do not pay attention

[josephhudgins]

Tennessee is

police: blue or blue and red

fire: red or red and white

ems: red and white

Construction/anything remotley close to being considered possibly dangrous: amber

[trombiki]

in my country is illegal ;(

[Phantom2814]

and police, fire, ems, and volunteer fire/ems are all allowed sirens.

[Phantom2814]

Michigan is simple.

Blue and red - police

red and white - fire and ems(volunteers included)

amber(orange) - roadwork or snowplowing

[DTMRM8]

New Jersey is

Volunteer Firefighters= Blue (no sirens allowed)

Volunteer Fire Officers= Red/Blue with sirens

Police= Red, Red/Blue with sirens (duh)

Yellow is for anything dangerous (roadwork, snowplows, line painters)

[cfundevil]

Mass is

Voulunteer fire fighters - Red/white and somtimes sirens

Police- Blue/white with sirens

EMS- Blue or Red/white

[bigredchevytruck]

Green is for an Incident Commander, the Monmouth county Sheriff's truck has a green light on top of it when they are on scene of a suspected arson.

[pearldrumsarecool]

Georgia is:

Law Enforment:Blue some use a little blue and amber

EMS/FIRE:usually all red with some white

Construction:Amber all though I have saw GDOT use some amber red and white

[NYFIREFIGHTER69]

NEW YORK IS..

BLUE.VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS

RED/BLUE.POLICE

RED.EMT or EMS

YELLOW.HAZARD OPERATIONS

[jax8975]

red is not for emt/ems only for their officers or responder vehicles... there are just a lot of people that run red even though they shouldnt

[pearldrumsarecool]

well NYPD uses Red and White Federal Signal Vectors/Visions though ?

[Archistheman]

In NYS, Blue can only be in the rear of a Police Car. not in the front.

[justinsta6]

Nice setup and if you dont mind me asking witch state do you ride out of?

[TheQBCrum18]

GIATI-

In TN, its really complicated for volunteer firefighters. Your county sheriff or city police chief has to ok the lights IF your county falls into certain population brackets. If not, then the lights are legal. However, if the fire chief at the dept says no, you cannot use the lights on calls for that dept.

Took me 2 weeks of hardcore research and deciphering TN code with attorneys to figure this out.

[xGIATIx]

Tennessee is:

Blue = Police

Red = Fire and EMS (Vol. and Paid)

Yellow = any vehicle preforming a hazard operations

[jarrodsmith1992]

Yes as a Firefighter you are allowed to have these lights on your Personal Car to respond to the hall or to the Scene

[jarrodsmith1992]

In New York its

Blue = Volunteer Firefighter

Red = Chief of the Fire Department

Red & Blue Police

Yellow = any vehicle preforming a hazard operations

[MettaFireRescue]

Don't forget Green. EMS volunteers in New York use GREEN. STAY SAFE!

[ryesram]

In Canada it's blue for plows.

Red and blue for cops.

Red for firetrucks.

and Green for volunteer firefighters.

FYI. :D

[jarrodsmith1992]

Thats crazy Blue for Plow trucks

[todaresq]

@jarrodsmith1992 Only plow trucks in Canada use blue lights... most of US it is police and many states it is volunteer fire.

[nwvfd22]

Yeah, blue for a plow would definitely throw me off lol.

[ryesram]

It's not that crazy, try going to South America where the water spins backwards when it drains! haha

[nwvfd22]

Are you kidding? I drive a car from Australia, I'm wondering if the crankshaft spins the opposite way lol!

[marc4859]

What about EMS? Volunteer and State. Are they Red?

Just confirming.

[stealthsniper96]

depends on where you are

[aaronandtoni2]

What kind of light is that on your dash?

[AXEPEX]

It is an LED Slim Lighter.

[coolsax64]

What is the reason for posting your light setup on Youtube? Just curious. I belong to a volunteer dept in Oregon. We are not allowed lights unless approved by the fire chief and board. Only then are you issued a light by the dept. 1 only, and thats it. Any complaint by the public it gets pulled. It seems you guys back east do things different. Stay safe...

[zach071591]

Different states have different light laws. Most Volunteer service members are allowed to buy their own light set-up. MOST. Some arnt. But The public cant really complain about a POV Emergency Vehicle going past them with bright lights.

[firemike550]

where do you work as a first response fireman?

[RickAndJames]

Hey. Thanks for the compliment. I'm using a pair of 9 LED Linear surface mounts in the grill. I have a Linear Slim Traffic Enforcer in the dash. If you would like to purchase these lights, please send me a message. I do sell them, as well as others.

Thanks again ans Stay Safe.

[fireman1]

in PA, your only allowed blue lights and no siren in your pov, unless your a chief. its also not the law to pull over for pov's with blue lights. the reason chief's have red lights, is because they're considered a emergency vehicle and u have to pull over for them. weird i know.

[flyboyandmeg]

In Ontario, volunteers get a single green light (courtesy only), no siren, and the chiefs are the same as everyone else.

[FOGBIT44]

I am also from PA and I have heard that if you have red lights you have the right to use a siren my department has very few members that have the right to run with red's but the one's who do also have a siren. (I could also be wrong!!)

[firefighter4life7]

Another PA firefighter here.... At my department, blue is for firefighters and Cheifs get red and a siren. The blue is like Canada's in this state and is a courtesy light, so people do not have to move, while as fireman1 said cheif's can be considered an emergency vehicle with the red lights and siren.

[RickAndJames]

The state of CT allows blue and red lights for fire apparatus and pov's.

[moocalla31]

in ny blue is fire, green ems, and red police. pure and simple. chiefs and officers drive marked vehicles as povs. in VA, RED is EMS / FIRE and blue / blue-red is police. green is command on a scene. one vehicle flashes a single green light to indicate command.

[FOGBIT44]

You can have blue and red for a pov?

[wonderbizzle]

it depends where you live

[RickAndJames]

let me know what you think. I like to keep a simple setup. I also have lights in the rear that are not shown.

Stay safe