Many governments list specific requirements for emergency vehicle lighting.

The color of emergency vehicle lighting is blue.

Most police vehicles in Hong Kong are equipped with both red and blue emergency vehicle lighting.

Emergency vehicle lighting is a subtype of emergency vehicle equipment.

Cherry top is American slang which refers to a specific type of Police car with only red rotating emergency vehicle lighting mounted to the roof.

The vehicles which are allocated to the Hong Kong International Airport have an additional yellow emergency vehicle lighting.

Usage of emergency vehicle lighting is restricted in the United Kingdom through the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989.

Voltex specializes in all kinds of emergency vehicle lighting, light bars and other electronic products and has various patents and trademarks in the USA and globally.

For example, automotive applications in cold climates have traditionally benefitted from the radiated heat to melt potentially visually-obstructive snow and ice on taillights and halogen emergency vehicle lighting.

The Society of Automotive Engineers, (SAE), Emergency Warning Lights and Devices committee oversees the SAE emergency vehicle lighting practices and the siren practice, J1849.

Because they can generate bright attention-getting flashes with a relatively small continuous input of electrical power, they are also used in aircraft warning lights, emergency vehicle lighting, fire alarm annunciator devices (horn lights), aircraft anticollision beacons, and other similar applications.

Decorative vehicle lighting is lighting which is intended entirely as an decorative or ornamental addition to a vehicle, rather than lighting which is required for safety (i.e. automotive lighting, bicycle lighting, emergency vehicle lighting).

Emergency vehicle lighting is generally used to clear the right of way for emergency vehicles, or to warn approaching motorists of potential hazards, such as a vehicle that is stopped or moving slower than the rate of traffic, or a car that has been pulled over.

The New Jersey State Police determined that Corzine's sport utility vehicle, driven by a state trooper, was traveling in excess of 90 MPH (147 km/h) in a 65 MPH (105 km/h) zone with its Emergency vehicle lighting flashing when the collision occurred.