Fire Trucks are Red!

Many believe that a fire truck should be RED.
Why?
Why is red the magic color?
How was it chosen as the color of the fire service?
Are there colors out there that have been proven to be more visible?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan on March 27, 2009 at 9:39pm

Haha. I have no problem with yellow. The few that I have seen that are yellow (in Hawaii and at Airports) Ive been impressed with.

Ya, the white's different but like I said, makes us unique. lol

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Permalink Reply by morris washburn on March 27, 2009 at 10:30pm

I have been in 3 depts and 1 dept was yellow !! and as far as I am concerned , it has to be YELLOW with a gold stripe. But the red is okay .

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Permalink Reply by Deanna on March 27, 2009 at 11:34pm

Art,

Really I do not know. If you look at stats it shows that red vehicles are involved in the most accidents. I just don't understand. I've seen firetrucks many differnt colors. Got me on that one.

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas Alexander Wahl on March 28, 2009 at 12:32am

My dept has white trucks, according to them and history white has always been easier to see, especially in low light conditions such as night dusk or other times, i believe red was used because it would stand out. Go out for a run, take a look around and how many things are big and red, there really arent that many. My impression would be because of that.