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The small neighborhood streets of Cedarfield are already very narrow, and parking on both sides of
the streets could prevent larger emergency vehicles such as fire engines, ladder trucks and rescue apparatus from traveling
down these streets to get to your neighbor's or your own emergency. If you must park on the street, please be sure that you
leave ample space between vehicles so that emergency vehicles have access.
The mail carriers may only come from one direction, but emergency vehicles could potentially come from
either direction and properly marked houses significantly reduce the time it takes emergency responders to find your home
in times of emergency.
You should never step in front of an responding emergency vehicle. You emergency responders have received
ample training in the driving and operation of emergency vehicles. They take every measure to make sure that they are responding
quickly but safely to all emergencies. If you have a complaint about the erratic driving of an emergency vehicle, do not take
the law in your own hands by trying to slow down or stop the responding vehicle. You could cause a delay in their response
to your neighbor's emergency or you could end up seriously injured or worse. Instead, take down the unit number and report
the incident to the department's chief or the local police department. In the state of North Carolina, it is illegal to forcibly
assault, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with the actions or response of emergency services personnel.
The siren provides a loud audible warning of the approach of an emergency vehicle. Please do not ask
responders to quiet or turn off their siren when they are responding to call. This could cause an unsafe condition for others
who will not know of the approach of the emergency vehicle. Instead, when you hear a siren, you should be sure that you and
your families are clear from the roadway. You should teach your children to recognize emergency sirens and make sure that
they are not near the roadway. There are many hazards that emergency services responders face when driving to an emergency.
You can assist us by not adding additional hazards and helping to keep adults and children out of the roadway.
Please do not gather on their lawn while the emergency is in progress, or ask emergency service personnel
about what is going on. Federal privacy laws prevent emergency services professionals from disclosing any information to anyone
without the involved party's consent.
Many of the emergency services departments in your area rely on volunteer fire and rescue professionals
to respond to and handle many emergency calls. Many of these volunteers respond directly from their own houses in their own
vehicles to these emergencies. Their vehicles will often have emergency lights, but most do not have a siren. Please grant
these vehicles the same due regard you give the larger emergency vehicles and yield the right of way to these emergency responders.
These responders often carry their own emergency equipment and are often the first to arrive on the scene and begin handling
the emergency.
When you find yourself going through an emergency, you want police, fire or rescue/EMS responders to
get there as fast as they can. Your area emergency responders want to insure that they can get to your emergency quickly,
but safely. Please partner with these professionals by following these tips and insuring that they can get to everyone's emergencies
in a quick, safe and efficient manner.
Thank you.
 Dial 9-1-1
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