Emergency Signals in the Town of Huntington

Emergency Signals are classified as traffic signals utilized at or near garage bays for emergency services such as Fire Departments or Ambulance Squads. These traffic signals usually operate in flash and will only change via a remote control inside the station.

The Town of Huntington designates all emergency signals under the letter designation "D" and are often a rare occurance. Emergency signals were most common in the 90's until the installation of additional traffic signals near departments rendered them obsolete, thus removing the signal. However, most recently, these signal began making a comeback with emergency departments paying for the signal and the town maintaining them.

Some of these traffic signals were also on State Roads until the 90's when the NYSDOT decided to take control of these signals.

Original practice for designations for Emergency Signals were shared with School Flashers when they were first introduced with 2001-2007 being used by Emergency Signals and 2007-2026 being used by school flashers. Only two emergency signals are in operation and maintained under the Town of Huntington. 2001D, which was once the only emergency signal in the town for approximately 7 years (following the conversion of 2006D to 2181A), and 2223D, which was added in June 2019.