When any emergency vehicle is on an emergency run, a siren and/or
flashing light shall be operated at all times while said vehicle is
in motion. Any such moving emergency vehicle shall be entitled to
and shall receive the right of way over all pedestrian and vehicle
traffic. When the operator of any non emergency vehicle is approached
from any direction by such emergency vehicle, he shall immediately
move his vehicle to the extreme right side of the street, and shall
come to a full stop, remaining at such full stop until all such emergency
vehicle movements have passed.
No person except as herein authorized shall follow any emergency
vehicle which is operating its emergency signals.
No vehicular traffic (other than that of authorized personnel
specified herein) shall be permitted within a three block radius of
any emergency,, unless such vehicular movement is permitted by order
of the fire, police or medical personnel in charge at the scene of
such emergency. Fire, police or other authorized personnel shall have
the specific authority to order all pedestrians and spectators outside
said emergency area at any time.
The provisions hereof shall be strictly enforced; members of
the police department, the auxiliary Police Department, the Fire Department,
the Volunteer Fire Department and all other duly qualified and acting
law enforcement officials shall have full and complete authority to
make arrests and/or issue summons to violators, and such arrests and/or
summons for any such violation shall be valid and enforceable by court
order as in other cases.
Any person violating any of the provisions hereinabove shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in
any sum not less than $25 nor more than $100.