blue lighter responding with 336

fire police responding with 336 to the investigation with 334, 337 and 332

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[Kheldarren]

New York doesn't require it's volunteers to use 360° warning lights?

[FirefighterEmt4Life]

@Kheldarren we a permitted one forward facing blue light. Thats it.

[Kheldarren]

@FirefighterEmt4Life Wow, that's amazing. Here in Indiana they are required 360° warning. Dashlights are ok for use, but have to be in addition to the other lights. I know that up in Michigan they treat their volunteers correctly and they run red lights and sirens.

[FirefighterEmt4Life]

@Kheldarren ohio allows reds and sirens as well

[marcsw5000]

Why was the blue lighter using a blue / white dash light?

Are you only allowed to show colour on one side in this state?

What was that light anyway? Whelen Talon?

[FirefighterEmt4Life]

@marcsw5000

no, i guess he decided he wanted blue white/ And no thats not an led light, i believe its an old dashmiser but i may be wrong.

[Kheldarren]

@DCYote1 Same here in my state. I love the states like Michigan and Colorado that have their fire fighters use lights and sirens as they SHOULD be able to do.

[DCYote1]

@Kheldarren In PA we're required to have 360 degrees of blue lights too, but no sirens. And even when responding to a call we have to obey the traffic laws. Other motorists don't even have to yield to your blue lights.

[xfirefighter484x]

@xfirefighter484x *****NYS

[xfirefighter484x]

@Kheldarren YNS says 1 Blue light visible from 360*. Not very practical nowadays. It tends to be a) 1 Blue Light b) Multiple Blue Lights making it visible from 360*, or c) 1 Crappy Light "visible" from 360*, which is not very effective.

[alexandermakrianis]

@Kheldarren Yep, you're right. I'm a fire fighter in Michigan. I think not having a siren is dangerous, especially in an urban area. Of course nowadays a lot of FDs no longer allow volunteers to run lights and sirens at all due to liability.

[firefighter31256]

@marcsw5000 fire depts can have a break up of lights you can use red/white or red/amber in the states that require red and blue/white or blue amber in states that can require blue but you cannot have a combo of blue/red unless you are the chief or a fire investigator

[04smallmj]

@Kheldarren That's why I don't like the regulations for emergency vehicle lighting in the US, it's too inconsistent and there aren't any national regulations or laws...

[DesertEMT]

@FirefighterEmt4Life We get a (as in ONE) steady burn green dash mount in WA. State. -_- Nobody really bothers with it anyway... no one will pull over since they aren't taught what it means.

[apoure25]

@FirefighterEmt4Life coming from an Ohio resident, I think that's the best way to go. I'm not a FF but I know several. Allowing them to run truly Code 3, either to the station or the scene allows for pretty smooth response. It also gives the members more flexibility in how they respond. You'll see some guys with LEDs all over their trucks, like a red Ram with lights lining the back of the toolbox.