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VULCAN COUNTY
Vulcan - Alberta
BYLAW 2020-004
Being a bylaw of Vulcan County in the Province of
Alberta to authorize volunteer firefighters to use
flashing green lights in their private vehicles when
responding to emergencies within Vulcan County.
WHEREAS, The Traffic Safety Act authorizes the use of flashing green
lights by authorized volunteer firefighter in private vehicles when used
in response to a fire or other emergency.
AND WHEREAS, Section 28 of Alberta Regulation 122/2009 being the
Vehicle Equipment regulation of the Alberta Traffic Safety Act,
authorizes municipalities the power to pass a bylaw allowing full time
and volunteer firefighters to use flashing green lights in their vehicles as
a means of identification when responding to a fire or other emergency.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of Vulcan County, in the Province
of Alberta, duly assembled enacts as follows:
1. A full time or volunteer firefighter may carry on or in a vehicle,
other than an emergency vehicle, a lamp that produces
intermittent flashes of green light and may operate the lamp
within the boundaries of Vulcan County if the vehicle is
proceeding to a fire or other emergency.
2. No person other than a full time or volunteer firefighter shall
operate a lamp that produces intermittent flashes of green light.
3. Nothing in this Bylaw shall be construed so as to permit a full
time or volunteer firefighter to operate a vehicle in contravention
of the Highway Traffic Act, the regulations under the Highway
Traffic Act, any other provincial legislation or regulation, or any
Bylaw of Vulcan County.
4. This Bylaw shall come into force and effect upon the final passing
thereof.
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Received first reading this 26th day of February, 2020
[original signed]
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Jason Schneider, Reeve
[original signed]
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Nels Petersen, CAO
Received second reading this 26th day of February, 2020
[original signed]
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Jason Schneider, Reeve
[original signed]
________________________________
Nels Petersen, CAO
Presented for unanimous consent of Council to proceed to third reading
this 26th day of February, 2020
[original signed]
________________________________
Jason Schneider, Reeve
[original signed]
________________________________
Nels Petersen, CAO
Received third reading and finally passed this 26th day of February, 2020
[original signed]
________________________________
Jason Schneider, Reeve
[original signed]
________________________________
Nels Petersen, CAO