tam

Hi guys.I am new to this forum and this site. I am an EMT from a small town in upstate NY. We have alot of vol. squads here.We have our paid paramedics but everyone else is vol..I was always told that the paramedic or emt is in charge of the patient and as for lights and sirens that would depend on the emergency it-self.If the call is a 1a you don't go lights and sirens. Isn't it illegal if it's not a true emergency? A 1a or 1b is lights at most. Right?