                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FLASHING RED OR RED AND WHITE WARNING LIGHTS (§ 46.2-1023)

Fire apparatus, forest warden vehicles, emergency medical services vehicles,
vehicles of the Department of Emergency Management, vehicles of the Department
of Environmental Quality, vehicles of the Virginia National Guard Civil Support
Team and the Virginia National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
and High Yield Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) when
responding to an emergency, vehicles of county, city, or town Departments of
Emergency Management, vehicles of the Office of Emergency Medical Services,
animal warden vehicles, vehicles of the Response and Recovery Coordination
Branch of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority&#8217;s Office of
Emergency Preparedness, vehicles of mine rescue teams that are certified as mine
rescue teams by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under 30 C.F.R. Part
49, and vehicles used by security personnel of the Huntington Ingalls
Industries, Bassett-Walker, Inc., the Winchester Medical Center, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration&#8217;s Wallops Flight Facility, and,
within those areas specified in their orders of appointment, by special
conservators of the peace and policemen for certain places appointed pursuant to
§§ 19.2-13 and 19.2-17 may be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating
red or red and white combination warning lights of types approved by the
Superintendent. Such warning lights may be of types constructed within turn
signal housings or motorcycle headlight housings, subject to approval by the
Superintendent.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-273; 1954, c. 310; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-267; 1960,
cc. 156, 391; 1962, c. 512; 1966, cc. 655, 664; 1968, c. 89; 1972, c. 7; 1974,
c. 537; 1976, c. 6; 1977, c. 72; 1978, cc. 311, 357; 1980, c. 337; 1981, c. 338;
1984, cc. 440, 539; 1985, cc. 248, 269, 287, 462; 1986, cc. 124, 127, 229; 1987,
cc. 347, 370; 1988, cc. 339, 351; 1989, c. 727; 1991, c. 105; 1992, c. 34; 1994,
c. 178; 1995, c. 92; 2003, cc. 152, 217; 2005, c. 583; 2006, c. 86; 2008, c.
181; 2009, c. 595; 2014, cc. 171, 800; 2015, cc. 502, 503; 2018, c. 64; 2023,
cc. 88, 89; 2025, c. 252.