Keep yourself and your first responders safe and follow the law.
KRS
189.930 Right-of-way to emergency vehicles — Blocking or following emergency
vehicles — Driving over unprotected hoses of fire department.
(1) Upon the approach of an emergency vehicle equipped with, and operating, one (1)
or more flashing, rotating, or oscillating red or blue lights, visible under normal
conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of the emergency
vehicle; or the driver is given audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the
driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, immediately drive to a
position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the edge or curb of the highway
clear of any intersection, and stop and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle
has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer or firefighter.
(2) Upon the approach of any emergency vehicle, operated in conformity with the
provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the operator of every vehicle shall
immediately stop clear of any intersection and shall remain stopped until the
emergency vehicle has passed, unless directed otherwise by a police officer or
firefighter.
(3) No operator of any vehicle, unless he or she is on official business, shall follow any
emergency vehicle being operated in conformity with the provisions of subsection
(1) of this section closer than five hundred (500) feet, nor shall he or she drive into,
or park the vehicle into, or park the vehicle within, the block where the vehicle has
stopped in answer to an emergency call or alarm unless he or she is directed
otherwise by a police officer or firefighter.
