*35 ORDER

AND NOW, this 5th day of January, 2001, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby granted, limited to the following questions:

a. Assuming, for the sake of argument, that Longwood Fire Company is a local agency under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, whether the decision of Longwood’s paramedics to ignore the 911 dispatcher’s directions constituted “operation” of a motor vehicle under the vehicle exception to governmental immunity?