How NOT to drive Code 3.

[LonghornMedic]

*sorry if there was audio I couldnt hear do to broken speakers. But it looks like its a police chase, I mean why else would a helicopter and police be following an ambulance?

I have had the police follow me with lights and sirens on numerous occasions to the trauma center. It was usually for a suspect or victim who was stabbed or shot. If you were transporting an injured officer you would have a bunch of them escorting and following and that was a pain the rear. Having a bunch of overzealous cops trying to escort and block traffic made a difficult job driving Code 3 to the trauma center even more difficult.

 

[Indy]

I have had the police follow me with lights and sirens on numerous occasions to the trauma center. It was usually for a suspect or victim who was stabbed or shot. If you were transporting an injured officer you would have a bunch of them escorting and following and that was a pain the rear. Having a bunch of overzealous cops trying to escort and block traffic made a difficult job driving Code 3 to the trauma center even more difficult.

Not sure how Texans drive, but here in Indy a police escort would be a beautiful thing to have at times driving through the busier areas of the city.

 

[JJR512]

FDNY cuts back on sirens, lights for some calls

FDNY cuts back on sirens, lights for some calls

NEW YORK — Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano announced the start of a Modified Response pilot program in Queens, where firefighters will stop using lights and sirens when responding to certain non-fire and non-life threatening emergencies.

The three-month pilot program, which is in effect beginning Oct. 4, could reduce the number of fire apparatus responses using lights and sirens to non-fire and non-life threatening emergencies citywide by more than 300,000 annually. That represents a 30 percent reduction since FDNY apparatus respond nearly one million times a year.

The new protocol will not be used for calls reporting a fire or any other life-threatening emergency.

The goal of the new protocol is increased safety for firefighters and civilians by reducing the number of accidents caused while responding to non-fire and non-life threatening emergencies — call types that have increased dramatically in the past 10 years. (Last year, FDNY responded to 194,406 such incidents, often sending multiple fire trucks to each call.)

Complete article at http://www.firerescue1.com/apparatus/articles/888227-FDNY-cuts-back-on-sirens-lights-for-some-calls/

 

[DrParasite]

while I think it's a good idea, just wait till the brass starts complaining (and disciplining drivers) about extended response times.