How come I see fire trucks with full lights and sirens go through a red light at intersections and then, after they go through, they turn off their lights and slow down?
Several units are dispatched to the same incident. The first unit may have arrived on the scene, surveyed the situation and informed the dispatcher that the situation was under control. All other responding units were cancelled and put back into service, ready to take another call. Most likely, when you see an emergency vehicle go Code 3 (lights and siren) through an intersection and then slow down and turn the emergency lights off, they have been cancelled from the call they were going on.

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1. What are the current staffing levels of the Healdsburg Fire Department?
2. Do you refill or recharge fire extinguishers?
3. How come I see fire trucks with full lights and sirens go through a red light at intersections and then, after they go through, they turn off their lights and slow down?
4. What type of shifts do Healdsburg firefighters generally work?
5. Where can I get information about becoming a Reserve Firefighter with the Healdsburg Fire Department?
6. Why are the fire engines left running on calls?
7. Why do fire engines respond to car accidents, even when they didn't look serious?
8. Why do fire engines respond with ambulances?
9. Why do Firefighters chop holes in walls?
10. Why do I see firefighters cutting holes in the roof of a building on fire?
11. Why do so many apparatus respond to simple incidents?
12. Why do you block traffic lanes at auto accidents, more lanes than are necessary?
13. Will I be billed for fire or emergency medical services?
14. Will the department come out and inspect or replace the batteries in the smoke detector in the home of my elderly mother?