Why does the emergency equipment run with lights and siren…then just turn them off?
On occasion, the fire engine and ambulance will be driving with lights and sirens and then suddenly turn them off-perhaps only to turn into a shopping center parking lot. Be assured that when this happens it means we have received information through our 9-1-1 dispatchers that the caller or incident is no longer a dire emergency. It is what we call “being disregarded”. Any or all of the apparatus may continue to drive to the call or perhaps some will return to the Fire Station, but we do not do it just to get to the store faster. “We Promise.
On occasion, the fire engine and ambulance will be driving with lights and sirens and then suddenly turn them off-perhaps only to turn into a shopping center parking lot. Be assured that when this happens it means we have received information through our 9-1-1 dispatchers that the caller or incident is no longer a dire emergency. It is what we call “being disregarded”. Any or all of the apparatus may continue to drive to the call or perhaps some will return to the Fire Station, but we do not do it just to get to the store faster.
