nice to know thier are other "whackers" on here.
From Ct myself as well. just started putting all my crap into my ST. been wiring up lights and sirens for about 15 years now. we should make a separate board on here just for Public Safety equipment mods: lights, sirens, radios, ect.
right now i have a Sound Off Signal dual Pilot above my RVM, green LED hideaways in corner lights, wig wags, clear LED hideaways in my backup lights and red LED hideaways in my brake lights.
still have to add the grille lights as well as a Whelen D6 to the front over the RVM and a D8 to the back window as well as my dual siren, 2 way rados, center console w/ switchbox, and scanner.
i will try and put pics up as well as probe you experienced ST guys for some pointers for installs.
spankerrrrr lol. j/k man. I used to have 6 strobes, wig wags, and LEDs in the S/T. I sold my S/T not too long ago and now have a superduty but I only put my Blue slimlighter in it for now. More to come once I get everything. where in CT are you from? I am in Shelton. I volunteer for Echo Hose ambulance coprs and I am a member of Shelton Fire department Co #3.
mike i dont understand how u cant have a siren i think that is an nfpa standard to have audible and visual warning. u are lucky to have blue in Louisiana blue is for law enforcement only no exception
POV lighting depends on the state you are in. for example here in NE, green is EMS or a command post vehicle, but in western states it is like FBI or something crazy. in florida green is security.
Blue is pretty much volunteer firefighter or police vehicle everywhere. some states, Red is police and volunteer firefighter only.
there are lots of differences
In CT sirens are for true emergency vehicles. our POVs are not considered true emergency vehicles. the lights we use, although some guys have more lights than a firetruck, are called "courtesy lights" to let other drivers know we are responding to an emergency. They technically have a choice to yield to us or not. the ones that dont I always ask if they would want others to yield if it was their home or loved one in need.:fire: We are also not supposed to break any laws of the road, i.e. speeding, running red lights. I admit, if traffic yields to me, I do go through intersections. But I am Veryyyyy cautious. I have gotten in trouble before but the officers know the deal so it was more or less a slap on the wrists. That is why recently I have stopped using my lights every time I respond to the firehouse or to the scene. I will only drive like a bat out of hell for confirmed structure fires, MVAs with persons trapped, or trapped with confirmed car fire. EMS I drive like it like I stole it for confirmed cardiac arrests, or respiratory arrests, or persons struck by a MV. I also have had police cars yield to me which is cool. but most of them wont pull over for me. Cops in my town dont like the FD, but they like EMS :argue:
Nice save Mike. I am a volunteer EMT in NJ.
cool - where abouts? I used to date a girl from Mawah. nice fire school up there. White/clear lights are a big no no for us here.
I used to sell alternating hi-lo air horns to emergency personnel who couldn't have sirens. They're Wolo #416. Rather than operating from the horn button, they're connected to a standard switch so they operate continuously. I have a set on my ST and often used to use them instead of the 100-watt siren. They moved traffic so much better.
I have heard they are not loud. I take it they are? I will probably go with train horns anyways because they are insane :grin:
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