FOLLOWING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE.
Fort Worth City Code § 22-93
in effect§ 22-93 FOLLOWING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE.
(a) 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 500 feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where the fire apparatus has stopped to answer a fire alarm.
(b) No driver of a vehicle, except a driver on official business, may follow closer than 500 feet behind an ambulance when the flashing red lights of the ambulance are operating. No driver of a vehicle may drive or park his or her vehicle at a place where an ambulance has been summoned for an emergency call in a manner calculated to interfere with the arrival or departure of the ambulance.
(1964 Code, § 26-70)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see V.A.C.S. Art. 6701d, § 100
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-24576Fetched: 10/26/2026
