Flashing lights and wailing sirens have been standard equipment of emergency medical service vehicles for many years. They were introduced back in the day with the aim of decreasing the time taken by emergency medica l providers to reach the locations where accidents, injuries, or serious illnesses have occurred. Furthermore, they also ensured that less time is taken when transporting the victim to a care center while keeping the medical providers safe at the scene of occurrence. History When the EMS response was first established, it was more focused on the fire department where the founders thought that the earlier the fire brigade arrived, the faster the spread of fire would be curbed and this meant that more lives and people’s property would be saved. With time, that same logic was implemented in the medical department where they reasoned that, the faster a patient gets transported to the hospital, the higher his or her chances of a positive outcome are. The Present