{"id":48251,"date":"2021-03-23T14:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=48251"},"modified":"2021-03-23T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T23:18:10","slug":"what-do-you-do-when-you-see-a-green-flashing-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/what-do-you-do-when-you-see-a-green-flashing-light\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you do when you see a green flashing light?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency vehicles in Ontario primarily use red flashing lights when responding to an emergency.<\/p>\n

But what does a green flashing light mean?<\/p>\n

Centre Wellington Deputy Fire Chief Jonathan Karn said the communities of Fergus and Elora are very unique because they get many visitors all throughout the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe get a lot of people in from larger centres and cities and they don\u2019t understand what the green [flashing] light is, and really the green light that a firefighter would use is at the time when they are answering a call and responding to the station,\u201d Karn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll our firefighters come from work, they come from home when their pager is activated and they go to the station where they then get on the fire apparatus and go to the call,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The Township of Centre Wellington shared a Tweet about the importance of pulling over when motorists see a green flashing light.<\/strong> Photo courtesy of the Centre Wellington Twitter account.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Ontario, motorists are only required to pull over and stop for emergency vehicles such as police cruisers, fire trucks, or ambulances.<\/p>\n

The law does not require motorists to pull over when they see a \u00a0flashing green light, it\u2019s up to the motorist on whether or not they want to pull over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe green light is a courtesy, it doesn\u2019t afford our firefighters any sort of special privileges as far as being able to go through stop signs, go through red lights, [or] pass vehicles, it\u2019s a courtesy that people would pull over and pull to the right and let our firefighters through,\u201d Karn said.<\/p>\n

But Karn said every second counts when responding to a call and if a motorist does pull over it does help a firefighter get to the station in an efficient and timely manner.<\/p>\n

He added it\u2019s great when people understand what they\u2019re seeing in regards to the green flashing light, so they can yield the right of way to their firefighters.<\/p>\n

Centre Wellington deputy fire Chief Jonathan Karn:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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