10/06/2026
🚨🚑 **KNOW BEFORE YOU NEED IT: CALLING 9-1-1 & YIELDING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES** 🚑🚨
When an emergency happens, seconds matter. Knowing what to do when calling **9-1-1** and when you see an ambulance, fire truck, or police vehicle approaching can help keep everyone safe.
📞 **WHEN CALLING 9-1-1:**
Stay calm and clearly tell the dispatcher:
📍 **WHERE you are** — Give the address, road name, intersection, landmarks, or other location information.
📱 **YOUR PHONE NUMBER** — In case the dispatcher needs to call you back.
🚨 **WHAT IS HAPPENING** — Tell them what happened and what type of emergency you're dealing with.
👥 **HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED** — If known, provide the number of patients or people in danger.
🩺 **IMPORTANT DETAILS** — Tell the dispatcher about serious injuries, unconscious patients, difficulty breathing, fires, hazards, weapons, or anything else responders need to know.
⚠️ **DO NOT HANG UP** until the 9-1-1 dispatcher tells you to. They may need additional information or may give you instructions while help is on the way.
🚑 **WHEN YOU SEE EMERGENCY LIGHTS & HEAR SIRENS:**
# # # **PULL TO THE RIGHT — AND STOP.**
This is one of the most important things we want every driver to remember.
🚨 **DO NOT keep driving alongside the ambulance.**
🚨 **DO NOT stop in the middle of the road.**
🚨 **DO NOT try to "beat" the emergency vehicle through an intersection.**
🚨 **DO NOT assume that slowing down is enough.**
👉 **PULL AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS SAFELY POSSIBLE AND STOP.**
In Pennsylvania, **75 Pa.C.S. § 3325** requires drivers, upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle using its audible and visual signals, to yield the right-of-way, move as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway, clear of an intersection, **AND STOP until the emergency vehicle has passed**—unless directed otherwise by an authorized person.
🛑 **YES — STOPPING IS PART OF THE LAW.**
If you're approaching an intersection and hear sirens, don't enter the intersection simply because your light is green. Stop and allow the emergency vehicle to safely get through.
🚑 **WHY DOES STOPPING MATTER?**
When we're responding to an emergency, we're watching for:
🚗 Vehicles changing lanes
🚙 Drivers pulling out in front of us
🚶 Pedestrians
🚦 Intersections
🚘 Vehicles turning unexpectedly
A vehicle that continues moving—even slowly—can make it much harder for an ambulance or fire truck to safely maneuver around traffic.
**The few seconds it takes for you to pull over and STOP could make a difference in our response—and ultimately in someone's life.**
From all of us at **Huntingdon Ambulance**:
❤️ **See the lights? Hear the siren?**
# # # 🚨 **PULL RIGHT. STOP. LET US PASS.** 🚨
Thank you for helping us get to the people who need us.
#911
