It's not unheard of to see blue to the front and sides of apparatus in NYS. In westchester and Long Island, in particular, there are a bunch of depts that epitomize the "give a little, take a lot," with how NYS finally allowed us to starting mixing blue and red (to the rear of authorized EVs) a few years ago and they just do whatever they want with it. There are a bunch of vollies without code 3/RLS privileges (courtesy light FFs) in those areas that have whole rainbows of lights on their POVs (red, blue, clear), so it wasn't a shock when I started seeing it on their dept rigs.It seems like I'm seeing more and more police, fire and EMS units in New York state using blue lights not just to the rear but also forward-facing. Were any of these units from New Jersey?
It's not unheard of to see blue to the front and sides of apparatus in NYS. In westchester and Long Island, in particular, there are a bunch of depts that epitomize the "give a little, take a lot," with how NYS finally allowed us to starting mixing blue and red (to the rear of authorized EVs) a few years ago and they just do whatever they want with it. There are a bunch of vollies without code 3/RLS privileges (courtesy light FFs) in those areas that have whole rainbows of lights on their POVs (red, blue, clear), so it wasn't a shock when I started seeing it on their dept rigs.
Personally, I think they should allow red/blue on all sides of AUTHORIZED EVs (instead of just allowing it to the rear), but it's not the law so i just spec it to the rear
I've also been to a few states (Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wyoming) where wreckers are apparently classified as emergency rigs. Seeing red and blue flashers on tow trucks sure threw me for a loop a few times