Why are emergency vehicles such as fire trucks different colors in different cities? Isn't there a federal std
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There is no national standard as to the color of emergency vehicles.  That is entirely a local decision.\n\nThere is, however, a standard for the colors of flashers.  Fire and ambulance are red.  Law enforcement is red and blue.  Warning flashers for other emergency vehicles (i.e. tow trucks, utility vehicles, community police, private security) are yellow.
1155420
It depends. In larger cities, firefighters are usually paramedics and respond to medical calls as well as fires (especially when medical calls usually far out-number fire calls). It's sad, though, that paramedics who do not operate with fire departments are looked down upon. In smaller cities (such as the one I am a paramedic in), the fire department shows up on many calls just to assist. WE do ALL invasive procedures, most medical treatment (except when the fire dept. administers oxygen or immobilizes a trauma patient while they wait for our arrival), WE accompany each patient to the ER, and WE write the charts. However, when thank you notes are submitted to the newspaper, the paramedics are often ignored and the glorious "FIREFIGHTERS" are gratefully thanked. It's pathetic. Also pathetic is our pay-scale. We make far less than firefighters, but we do much more patient care than firefighters. Granted, we don't fight fires, but we work with the public much more, and we put up with a lot of b.s. from rude patients who have no money for a taxi, but need a ride to the hospital for a sore knee at 230am....solution: call an ambulance. It's ridiculous.
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In the states (Nevada), a police vehicle is recognized as an emergency vehicle regardless if the lights & siren are on or not. The reason is that a police vehicle approaching a crime scene may need to approach without broadcasting his presence, yet may still speed. For fire & ambulance, the lights and sirens must be activated for the vehicle to have an emergency status.
195490
yes. ive seen it on google video. and people go to the hospital for things lie that. its becuase of the mehtane produced, which s very flammable. that is why sometimes garbage dumps start on fire.
187354
I used to work for a county government in Virginia.  The vehicle pool had a former sheriff's car, and I took it to Richmond once.  The car was that model they typically use as police cars (I forget what that is) and it was still painted black and white like a police car, but did not have any insignia.  It had two spotlights, but no lights on the roof.\n\nLeaving Richmond during the evening rush hour, I noticed that the traffic was very light.  I was driving the speed limit.  I was surprised that there would be light traffic at this time of day.  Looking in my rear view mirror a while later, I saw about 25 cars backed up behind me, afraid to pass because they thought I was a police car!
544350
the best way is to find out when there is wast pick op, or in my area the fire stations once a week will have a truck that all u have to do is drop off you waste and they will dispose of it properly,  burning it will cause harmful toxins in the air and could even be fatal if inhaled.
1087676
Once again this depends on where you are located and what kind of information you are looking for.  Believe it or not Florida has a law that makes it a felony to disclose information from a crash report within 60 days to anyone but a select few, including parties involved in the crash and the media.  Seems we had a lot of ambulance chasers at one time.
1030216
Contact your County Commissioner if in the County or City Hall in town. Cities have ordinances. Counties use a "health and Safety Code". Not sure what the departments are titled in your state but it's probably the same.
1179824
Lighter colors reflect sunlight .Trust me ,I have owned a black truck and they get damn hot.Lighter ones get hot but nowhere near as hot as a dark one
184024
Laws and regulations adopted by a city council to deal with specific issues of the city. These are generally misdemeanors.\n\nFor example, a city within a very dry/wooded area might adapt more strict regulations on illegal burns and/or fireworks.\n\nBasically, it's a way for cities to address problems unique to that area.
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they colorize the codes for the specific type of emergency.\ncode blue- cardiac arrest, cyanosis, (bluing of the skin)   real or suspected loss of life.\ncode orange-hazardous material the material is usually orange\ncode red- fire, smoke\ncode black- bomb threat\ncode grey- thunderstorm/tornado
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The US MAIL because it's federal.  Even if a life is at stake in the ambulance; even if a building is burning; even if the police are on a call; even if all the sirens and lights are on, the mail gets to go first!  Unbelievable!
8562
Just a quirk of history.  As to safety, there's really no difference.  In places where folks drive on "the other side," the driver is also "on the other side."  This means that visibility remains the same.
430067
They coincide with the federal laws. In general, federal laws are what governs child pornography cases. Why? Because very little child pornography exists that isn't moved about the country from state to state. this makes it a federal issue.
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Fire:  Fire Department\nCrime:  Police\n\nHurricane:  Police usually.\nFloods:  Fire department (odd isn't it)\nMud Slides:  Police\nForest Fires:  Belive it or not, it is police.\n\nHouse fire:  fire department.\nTornado:  Police, or if your like me, the NWS.\n\nSocial Crisis:  Churches or Counselors.\n\nThat's about all i can think of for now.  THe vast majority of people call the police for any major disaster as they are there to 'protect' us.  However, for some, more criticle issues, fire department is called more often than not.\n\nMOST THOUGH, still just dial 911 and leave it up to the person taking the call LOL
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Getting caught having sex! My husband and I were in his truck and we got caught by a police man. And when he shone his flashlight on us, my husband said "My flashlights brighter than yours". I could have killed him, I know I punched him in the thigh. But the combination of those two things embarrassed me more than anything else ever have. We didn't get in any trouble, because I was nice to the guy. I guess it didn't hurt that my husband is still on active duty with the Marines.
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Yes there is. All hospitals have colored codes to indicate different types of emergencies,;everyone knows,by now, what a Code Blue is, thanks to TV hospital shows. Medical staff even have their own "versions" of "code colors" depending on their specialty (nurse, etc.)...LOL, although these are not per se officially sanctioned, ie., Code Brown.