Some times I see fire trucks running lights and sirens, then they turn them off for no reason. Are you guys just doing that to run red lights?
Absolutely not! Because of the unpredictable nature of emergencies, and because we often get very little information when we are called, we assign trucks and personal to handle a serious incident. There are times when the first unit to arrive on the scene of an emergency will find that they are able to deal with the incident on their own or with less help than is on the way. In such cases the units that are not needed are canceled and put in service to respond to other emergencies, even though they were already on the way to this one. That is why you will some times see a unit “shut down” to non-emergency status.
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