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A flashing red light on an emergency vehicle means stop. A flashing blue light means that the emergency vehicle is authorized to treat red traffic lights as being yellow, drive on an emergency use only lane on a highway, and disobey the speed limit.

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To gain the attention of drivers. Normally flares are deployed on traffic accidents. They can also make a visual pathway from cars to follow in an emergency.

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