(1) Emergency lights used on an ambulance, an emergency medical service vehicle, a fire department vehicle, a fire vehicle or a hazardous material response vehicle must emit a red light or a combination of red and white light.

(2) The municipal officers or a municipal official designated by the municipal officers, with the approval of the fire chief, may authorize an active member of a municipal or volunteer fire department to use a flashing red signal light not more than 5 inches in diameter any combination of 2 flashing red or white lights on a vehicle. The light lights may be displayed but may be used only while the member is en route to or at the scene of a fire or other emergency. The light lights must be mounted as near as practicable above the registration plate on the front of the vehicle or on the dashboard. A light mounted on the dashboard must be shielded so that the emitted light does not interfere with the operator's vision.

(3) Members of an emergency medical service licensed by Maine Emergency Medical Services may display and use lights on a vehicle a flashing red signal light of the same proportion, in the same location and under the same conditions as those permitted municipal and volunteer firefighters, when authorized by the chief official of the emergency medical service.

Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

10.__Use of lights; requirements; revocation.__Prior to exercising the privilege of using emergency lights granted under subsection 2, paragraph F, an active member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or an emergency medical service operating a vehicle listed under subsection 1, paragraph B, subparagraphs (19) and (20) must have completed a state-certified emergency vehicle operators or emergency ambulance operators course.

The privilege of using lights may be revoked at any time by the fire chief or the chief official of the emergency medical service for misconduct.