I can’t comment on the majority of your post. But as a CEVO driver, I was taught to pass traffic on the left, against oncoming traffic, because it allows you more options to maneuver your vehicle. If you pass on the right you are boxed in between the sidewalk and the car you are passing.
All this is assuming that it is safe to conduct the maneuvers without endangering others.
And one more thing, lights and sirens do give you a legal right of way. Rather its a request from other drivers to allow you to pass. For example if an emergency vehicle blows through a red light while lights and sirens are engaged and t bones a car that has a green light the emergency vehicle operator is liable.
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