Here are some tips on how you can assist the Fire Police as well as other emergency service personnel in their duties and making the incident scene safe for everyone:

Please slow down and Watch out for emergency personnel at the scene of an incident. Both Firefighters and Fire Police have been injured and even killed in our area from being struck by passing motorists. In addition to the risk to emergency personnel, fire trucks and ambulances have been struck by other vehicles passing or approaching an incident scene. Please help us to return home safely to our families by slowing down when approaching an accident or fire scene.

Please yield the right-of-way to oncoming and overtaking emergency
Vehicles by pulling as far to the right side of the roadway as possible and come to a complete stop. This should also apply to any vehicles using “blue lights” on personal cars. Although these lights are classified as “courtesy lights” Pennsylvania State Law permits them and you are asked to give the people using these lights the “courtesy” of allowing them to safely pass. These blue lights are used by our firefighters to aid them in getting to the stations more quickly in order to respond to a call for emergency help.

Please follow the traffic direction signals of the Fire Police at an
Intersection, accident, fire scene, or at other special events.

Keep back 500 feet from all emergency vehicles when they are responding to an alarm or an emergency.

If you approach fire hose on the roadway, do not drive up to or over the hose except at the direction of an officer of the Fire Company or a fire police officer. Driving over a fire hose may cause it to burst and therefore cutting off the supply of water needed to fight a fire. This could also result in the injury of firefighters or even cause the loss of life.

Do not enter an area that has been cordoned off by yellow tape that may say “Police Line do Not Cross” or “Fire Line Do Not Cross”. This is for your safety as well as ours. If the incident involves a criminal act then this tape is also used to cordon off an area that may contain evidence.