Medic Rules

[[TC]»Elmo«]

(2012-10-07 14:05)Nitros Wrote:  You don't see how letting people 'respond to emergancies' (which aren't real, because there is nothing like that in LFS, which is time sensitive) ie speed/do whatever without being chased is open for abuse?

I feel like myself and others have explained this point to death in every thread.

The question posed in TheSAgibbs' post is about MEDs speeding/doing whatever while not responding to an incident. This is exactly the kind of abuse that we'd like to avoid.

(2012-10-07 19:55)Bez Wrote:  I go by; If VCU and HwA can do blue light runs so can MED's i always used to do them.

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As I said in the leeway thread, just because you do it doesn't mean you should.

In this case, you're really stretching your implications there...

Lets think through this one.
Statement of fact: VCU and HwA are allowed to do blue light runs (ignoring the fact that this isn't strictly true for HwA, but that's an unnecessary complication here)
COPs are very similar to VCU, but are not allowed to do blue light runs. In fact, that's pretty much the only difference as far as their role is concerned.
What else stands out w.r.t. VCU and HwA being different from COP? VCU & HwA are for TCs only. This is in fact the reason why VCU and HwA are allowed to do blue light runs - because being TC only, they are very well regulated thus avoiding any likely abuse.
MEDs on the other hand are quite different from VCU and HwA. They are not TC only, they cannot use visual siren, they have no InSim support etc.

How then can you possibly form the link that "VCU and HwA can do blue light runs, so MEDs must be allowed to as well", especially when even COPs aren't allowed to do them?

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(2012-10-07 20:25)railker Wrote:  How about using a note of realism for our realism? There's different 'Priorities' (at least in North America) of response. Code 3 is Lights and Sirens all the way, highest priority. Code 2 is lights only, sirens where required. Something along those lines would work -- COPs can use Code 2 or 3, MED and RES are restricted to responding with Code 2.

We have something similar with ambulances in the UK - there are 3 response grades based on priority (I forget the exact names)
Lights & Siren
Lights only
No lights or siren

The third doesn't usually apply to emergency ambulances though, that role is typically done by non-emergency ambulances which are basically minibuses with ambulance markings (though some do have lights & sirens fitted if needed).