Describe what fire departments have done in your particular state to develop a similar SOP that addresses emergency response on certain runs.

The St. Louis Fire Department experienced a heavy drop in emergency vehicle accidents after issuing an SOP that
requires on the quiet responses (no red lights or sirens) for incidents such as automatic alarms, smoke detectors,
sprinkler alarms, manual pull stations, carbon monoxide detectors, and natural gas leaks. Many fire departments limit
hot responses to alarm drops to the first due engine and, possibly, a battalion chief. Other departments will send an
engine company to accompany an emergency medical services squad, but the engine company goes on the quiet.
A couple of terrific studies of such policies in Anne Arundel County, MD, and Philadelphia, PA, are available via the U.S.
Fire Administrations website.
Williams, A. S., Anne Arundel County Fire Department. (2005). Identifying issues when responding without lights and
siren to selected call types for the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Emmitsburg, MD: National Fire
Academy. Retrieved from http://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/efo38659.pdf
You can locate the above study through one of the following ways:
Copy and paste the following link into a web browser: http://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/efo38659.pdf
The following link will take you to the information page with a link to the .pdf:
http://usfa.kohalibrary.com/app/work/173444
Use a key word search or call number (38659) at the following website: http://usfa.kohalibrary.com/
Hargett, E. F., Philadelphia Fire Department. (2005). Preventing emergency vehicle accidents in the Philadelphia Fire
Department. Emmitsburg, MD: National Fire Academy. Retrieved from
http://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/efo38366.pdf
You can locate the above study through one of the following ways:
Copy and paste the following link into a web browser: http://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/efo38366.pdf
The following link will take you to the information page with a link to the PDF:
http://usfa.kohalibrary.com/app/work/173362
Use a key word search or call number (38366) at the following website: http://usfa.kohalibrary.com/
Describe what fire departments have done in your particular state to develop a similar SOP that addresses emergency
response on certain runs.