HCC §24-70
Emergency vehicle flashing light requirements
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets the minimum flashing light equipment for emergency vehicles. Most emergency vehicles need a red light visible from the front. Police use blue, and civil defense vehicles use red but with a shorter visibility distance.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Emergency vehicle flashing red light
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Every authorized emergency vehicle except police vehicles and authorized civil defense emergency vehicles shall be equipped with at least one flashing red light visible to the front of the vehicle for a distance of five hundred feet in normal sunlight. (b) Police vehicles shall be equipped with at least one flashing blue light visible to the front of the vehicle for a distance of five hundred feet in normal sunlight. (c) Authorized civil defense emergency vehicles shall be equipped with at least one flashing red light visible to the front of the vehicle for a distance of three hundred feet in normal sunlight.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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