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OMG!!! this happens to me all the time, I'll wake up, roll over and look at either my cell phone or minitor (depending on which service im on-call for) and a second later, it'll go off. Its glad to know im not a total freak of nature.

I believe that you should use your lights when responding to any call, not just those on freeways, and the use of sirens on freeways should be up to the drivers discretion and the flow of traffic.

Because I work for a volunteer service that consists of both fire and EMS in a fairly rural area, along with the private service I work for, I do carry a fairly large first in/o2 bag which contains:

O2 cylinder/regulator

02 masks and nasal canulas (adult and Pedi)

2 full OPA sets and 1 Full NPA set with lube

Adult BVM

Sam Splint

Trauma supplies (2x2s, 4x4s, 5x9s, kling, band-aids, multi trauma dressings, hot and cold packs, etc)

Protocol book

Space blanket

Tissues

CPR masks (2)

Box of gloves

I carry this in addition to my FD bunker gear and EMS turnouts with consist of: turnout pants, turnout coat, work/extrication gloves, and 2 helmets ( one for the volunteer EMS and the other for the private EMS service. I also carry my pager and portable radio