Why do fire trucks and medic units pass us with lights and sirens, and then shut off the lights and sirens and turn down a side street?
This can be for many reasons but the most common reason for this is that the Fire Department units were cancelled by radio. Quite often other Fire Department units will arrive on the scene and radio to the other units responding they are not needed. The fire units will then shut down their code response (term used for lights and sirens) and return to their assigned station or duty. In other cases the units are still needed at the scene, but not urgently. In this case the first unit at the scene will tell the other units to continue non-code and once again they turn off the siren and lights but continue to the emergency scene with the flow of traffic. With our local traffic and inadequate roads we know that driving a fire apparatus code creates a significant public hazard. You can not drive at increased speed and through traffic lights without creating an increased risk and hazard. Our personnel have been trained to cancel or slow down other incoming apparatus when we find an incident t
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