12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-31-750 – EMS vehicle warning lights and devices.

1. A ground EMS vehicle shall have flashing or blinking lights installed to provide adequate visible warning from all four sides.
2. A ground EMS vehicle shall have flashing or blinking red or red and white lights installed on or above the front bumper and below the bottom of the windshield.
3. A ground EMS vehicle shall have an audible warning device installed to project sound forward from the front of the EMS vehicle.

An EMS vehicle shall have emergency warning lights and audible devices as approved by the Superintendent of Virginia State Police, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as applicable.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-111.4 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 3, eff. January 15, 2003; amended, Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 1, eff. October 10, 2012.