An Act To Allow Emergency Responders To Equip Their Vehicles with 2 Emergency Flashing Lights
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0243
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S270 (Senate)

SENATE 
AMENDMENT A" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H.P. 
182, L.D. 243, Bill, "An Act To Allow Emergency Responders To 
Equip Their Vehicles with 2 Emergency Flashing Lights" 
Amend the amendment in section 1 by striking out all of 
paragraph F and inserting in its place the following: 
'F. 
Only vehicles listed in this paragraph, 
rural mail 
vehicles as provided in paragraph C, 
subparagraph (5) and 
school buses may be equipped with, display or use a red 
auxiliary or emergency light. 
(1) 
Emergency 
lights 
used 
on 
an 
ambulance, 
an 
emergency medical service vehicle, 
a fire department 
vehicle, 
a 
fire 
vehicle, 
a 
rescue 
vehicle 
or 
a 
hazardous material response vehicle must emit a 
red 
light or a combination of red and white light. 
(2) 
The municipal officers or a municipal official 
designated by the municipal officers, with the approval 
of the fire chief, may authorize an active member of a 
municipal 
or 
volunteer 
fire 
department 
to 
use 
a 
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white 
flashing 
auxiliary light mounted 
as 
near 
as 
practicable above the front registration plate on the 
front of the vehicle, behind the rearyiew mirror or on 
the dashboard or 2 flashing red or combination red and 
white auxiliary lights mounted on the front of the 
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SENATE? AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT ,A" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H.P. 
L.D. 243 
182, 
vehicle above the front bumper and below the hood. 
The 
light or lights may be displayed but may be used only 
while the member is en route to or at the scene of a 
fire or other emergency. 
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A light 
mounted on the dashboard or behind the rearview mirror 
must be shielded so that the emitted light does not 
interfere with 
the 
operator's 
V1S10n. 
The 
use 
of 
lights may be revoked at any time by the fire chief. 
(3) 
Members of an emergency medical service licensed 
by Maine Emergency Medical Services may display and use 
on a vehicle a-~*a6s~R~-~eQ-5i~Ra*-Ji~A~ red or red and 
white combination flashing auxiliary lights of the same 
proportion, in the same location and under the same 
conditions as those permitted municipal and volunteer 
firefighters, when authorized by the chief official of 
the emergency medical service. The use of lights may be 
revoked at any 
time 
by 
the chief official of 
the 
emergency medigal service.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces Committee Amendment "A" and removes 
the requirement that municipal and volunteer firefighters and 
emergency medical service personnel who are responding to the 
scene 
of 
an 
emergency 
in 
personal 
vehicles 
be 
trained 
in 
emergency vehicle operation. 
This 
amendment 
allows 
personal 
vehicles of municipal and volunteer firefighters and emergency 
medical services personnel to be equipped with flashing red or 
combination red and white lights facing to the front of the 
vehicle for use while en route to or at the scene of emergencies. 
SPONSORED BY, ~~ 
(Senator DAMON) 
COUNTY: 
Hancock 
SENATE AMENDMENT