Narrative:

After landing at ZZZ last night I was told to cross the parallel runway and contact ground. At that moment in time I did not know that an aircraft was approaching the parallel runway I was cleared to cross as an emergency landing. Ground control was quite busy so we had to wait a minute or so for a break to call them. During that time my first officer and I realized there were emergency vehicles gathering across the taxiway and that the emergency aircraft was on a couple mile final for emergency landing. As soon as we called ground we were told to join the taxiway straight ahead and taxi to the ramp. I powered up promptly and began moving into the intersection. At that time several emergency vehicles charged up the taxiway. There were five or six vehicles as I recall including fire trucks and paramedic units. They came toward us as I entered the intersection. I realized what they were doing and immediately powered down and hit the brakes as they squeezed between me at the intersecting taxiways. Ground then asked us if we were able to move which we did. This was definitely a dangerous move. At the time my left engine was powered up to about 45% N1. If we needed to move immediately ground should have addressed us immediately after we cleared the runway. If the emergency vehicles needed to move then ground should have held us when we called them. However; the emergency vehicles should not have run into my intersection and in front of the powered up left engine as I was moving into it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Captain reported that after landing his aircraft was cleared to cross a parallel runway with an emergency aircraft on final and had a conflict with emergency equipment as they approached the runway he was clearing.

Narrative: After landing at ZZZ last night I was told to cross the parallel runway and contact Ground. At that moment in time I did not know that an aircraft was approaching the parallel runway I was cleared to cross as an emergency landing. Ground Control was quite busy so we had to wait a minute or so for a break to call them. During that time my First Officer and I realized there were emergency vehicles gathering across the taxiway and that the emergency aircraft was on a couple mile final for emergency landing. As soon as we called Ground we were told to join the taxiway straight ahead and taxi to the ramp. I powered up promptly and began moving into the intersection. At that time several emergency vehicles charged up the taxiway. There were five or six vehicles as I recall including fire trucks and paramedic units. They came toward us as I entered the intersection. I realized what they were doing and immediately powered down and hit the brakes as they squeezed between me at the intersecting taxiways. Ground then asked us if we were able to move which we did. This was definitely a dangerous move. At the time my left engine was powered up to about 45% N1. If we needed to move immediately Ground should have addressed us immediately after we cleared the runway. If the emergency vehicles needed to move then Ground should have held us when we called them. However; the emergency vehicles should not have run into my intersection and in front of the powered up left engine as I was moving into it.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.