Waterbury Roundabout

Waterbury Ambulance Service to curb lights-and-sirens use

Waterbury ambulances will be less disruptive on the roads following a new policy to limit the use of lights and sirens when ...

VB EMS only using lights and sirens for Priority 1 calls to avoid crashes

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach EMS used to respond to the vast majority of its calls — Priority 1 and Priority 2 ...
WCAX on MSN

Waterbury first responders limit use of sirens for safety

More ambulance crews are on the road without their lights and sirens as part of a recent effort to improve safety.
AOL

Virginia Beach ambulances without lights and sirens? Emergency vehicles are going dark and silent.

VIRGINIA BEACH — A policy change officials hope will curb unnecessary risk to the response of medical emergencies means that the lights and sirens of many ambulances are going dark and silent. The ...
Firehouse

To Reduce Crashes, Lights, Sirens to be Limited on Wake County, NC, Ambulances

Wake County may reduce the number of EMS calls that crews respond to using lights and sirens in an effort to reduce crashes “Red lights and sirens response for first responders is very dangerous,” ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Patient dies after Skokie ambulance collides with car; doctor believes crash didn't cause death

SKOKIE, Ill. (WLS) -- A Skokie Fire Department ambulance was involved in a crash Saturday morning while transporting a patient in cardiac arrest to the hospital, police said. The ambulance had its ...
The Bismarck Tribune

Ambulance sirens not always used

In response to the letter regarding the necessity of ambulance lights and sirens I would like to weigh in. In North Dakota it is required that any individual driving an emergency vehicle needs to have ...