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EMS lights, sirens use to be reduced for some calls in effort to increase response time: Wake Co.

A Wake County plan is on the table that could reduce the number of EMS calls that crews respond to using lights and sirens. County leaders call it an effort to reduce crashes when responding to these ...
WRAL

Wake County ambulances to silence sirens, turn off lights for most 911 calls

Emergencies in Wake County are about to look and sound different. Wake EMS announced Monday that ambulances will silence sirens and turn off emergency lights for the majority of 911 calls. Ambulances ...
WUNC

Wake County to reduce how often EMS can use emergency lights, sirens

Wake County's EMS department is planning to change how it responds to emergency calls. By 2026, EMS director Jon Studnek wants EMS vehicles to only use sirens and red lights for the most critical ...

Virginia Beach ambulances without lights and sirens? Emergency vehicles are going dark and silent.

A policy change officials hope will curb unnecessary risk to the response of medical emergencies means that the lights and sirens of many ambulances are going dark and silent. The change, which took ...