emergency vehicle
Lights-and-sirens responder
An emergency vehicle is one operated by police, fire departments, ambulances, or similar services responding to urgent situations.
Emergency vehicles carry lights and sirens that allow them to bypass normal traffic rules: Pull over when an emergency vehicle approaches.
The designation sometimes extends to utility trucks responding to downed power lines or gas leaks.
Emergency medical transport
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- EMTPrehospital care professional
- medicEmergency care provider
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
defibrillator · intubation · life-support · trauma · triage · patient transport · critical care · oxygen
Emergency medical transport
- fire truckEmergency vehicle for blazes
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
airlift · extrication · coastguard · lifeguard · stretcher · jaws of life · defibrillator · triage
- rapid responseFast action to emergencies
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- speedingExceeding posted velocity limits
- hasteExcessive quickness
expedite · race · critical · lifesaving · immediate · time-sensitive · dispatch · yield
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- EMTPrehospital care professional
- medicEmergency care provider
stretcher · defibrillator · intubation · life-support · trauma · triage · patient transport · critical care · oxygen · IV
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
- fire truckEmergency vehicle for blazes
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
medevac · airlift · extrication · coastguard · lifeguard · stretcher · jaws of life · defibrillator · triage · evacuation
wail
Prolonged mournful cry
klaxon · horn · alarm · warning · alert · piercing · loud · strobe · flashers · beacon
code three
- rapid responseFast action to emergencies
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- speedingExceeding posted velocity limits
haste · expedite · race · critical · lifesaving · immediate · time-sensitive · dispatch · yield · running hot
- emergency medicalambulance, EMS, ER, EMT, paramedic
- Emergency MedicineEMT, EMS, paramedic, paramedics, critical care
- urban soundstraffic, sirens, honking, horns, car horn
- traffic stoppersaccident, red light, stop sign, roadblock, barricade
- medical transportambulance, hearse, medevac, air ambulance, patient transport
- vehicle signsstop sign, yield sign, speed limit, turn signal, brake light
emergency vehicleprivate car
Individually owned vehicle
commuter vehicle · passenger car · family car · sedan · minivan
emergency vehicleSunday driver
Unhurried, oblivious motorist
parade float · party bus · recreational vehicle · golf cart · commuter car
vehicle, emerge, emergency, emerging, emergent, emergencies, emerged, reemergence, reemerge