Jim_Ferer wrote: Green to the front, red to the rear. That information is probably badly out of date. The Feds are more involved in this stuff than they used to be. At one time the Feds tried to regulate all sorts of things about ambulances - they even wanted a siren speaker in the rear.
If as a radio P.A. that could make some sense.
Otherwise, totally nuts if a siren.
I am trying to get siren speakers aimed to the left and right for when arriving at intersections.
My former volunteer department has a terrible time crossing US 285.
Vehicles coming downhill off a bridge see the firetruck 'parked' athe intersection.
By the time they detecthe siren, it is often too late to slow and stop from 45 mph. So, the officer has to get out and flag traffic to stop.
Depressing a monentary contact pushbutton would send power from the forward speakers to the side-aimed speakers.
Release of the button would reconnect the forward speakers.
If only one forward speaker, have it aimed to the left.
Also, I installed two LED Stop/Turn/Tail lamps athe inside backwalls of our Expedition's front wheelwells. Traffic on crosstreets can easily see them above the tires in the black wheelwells. Otherwise, I'd have to make a hole in the fenders. The LED lightstay surprisingly clean.
Jim_Ferer wrote:And, in keeping with being the Federal Government, they pushed for a while for "ambulance" to be called "emergency medical transport vehicle." Leave it to the Feds to replace one word with four.
How stupid.
If a good idea, I'm all for it.
But how could EMTV be.tter than ambulance?