Mississippi § 63-3-621 - Distance to be maintained between vehicle and traveling or parked fire apparatus or traveling or parked ambulance on emergency call.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 63-3-621 — Distance to be maintained between vehicle and traveling or parked fire apparatus or traveling or parked ambulance on emergency call., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 63-3-621. Distance to be maintained between vehicle and traveling or parked fire apparatus or traveling or parked ambulance on emergency call.
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred (500) feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm. The driver of any vehicle other than an official emergency vehicle shall not follow any moving ambulance that is engaged in an emergency medical call closer than five hundred (500) feet, or park the vehicle within two hundred (200) feet of where the ambulance has stopped to pick up or deliver a patient or otherwise render care at the scene of an ambulance call.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 63-3-621 cover?
Section 63-3-621 ("Distance to be maintained between vehicle and traveling or parked fire apparatus or traveling or parked ambulance on emergency call.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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