Existing law imposes specific requirements on drivers and pedestrians when an authorized emergency vehicle is sounding a siren and exhibiting its red lights. Existing law also exempts an authorized emergency vehicle or a driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from certain requirements while the vehicle is responding to an emergency. Existing law defines an authorized emergency vehicle as, among other things, a publicly owned vehicle operated by any forestry or fire department of any public agency.
This bill would expand the definition of "authorized emergency vehicle" for these purposes to include any vehicle owned or operated by a county, city, or city and county office of emergency services or a similar emergency entity established by local ordinance only while that vehicle is used in responding to a wildfire.

Statutes affected:
AB 438: 165 VEH
02/06/25 - Introduced: 165 VEH