color of fire apparatus

should the color of fire apparatus be red or lime green? or does it matter? why or why not?

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Permalink Reply by Josh Sullivan on November 18, 2008 at 12:51am
Hey these are some nice looking trucks. but for the color of the apparatus is traditionaly red, for the honor of being a firefighter, i cant remember at this time what else the red stands for.

But tadition and color set aside, does the public recognize the function and step a side so we can do our jobs, and does the color affect the opperations of the equipment. Me personaly am sided towards the red trucks. I have no pics right now but will try to get some.
Permalink Reply by Josh Sullivan on November 18, 2008 at 12:58am
this is our 04' freightliner crew cab, pumper/tanker holds 3000 gallons of water and 107 gallons of class b araff foam
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Permalink Reply by Chris on December 10, 2008 at 6:36pm
Doesn't get any better than this.

Permalink Reply by Jim Brunelle Jr. on December 10, 2008 at 6:44pm
That black over red is sharp. Thats a nice looking rig.
Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on December 11, 2008 at 6:59pm
Thanks, Jim. The red is the same as Dodge uses on the Viper. Stay safe!
Permalink Reply by Chris on December 11, 2008 at 7:59pm
You guys have some really nice equipment if you don't mind me saying.
Permalink Reply by Terri Bonar on December 11, 2008 at 8:42pm
down here in Ky we have all 3 colors of trucks... some stations have all three colors, some have just slime lime and white, some just white, and some just red... It varies
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Permalink Reply by Daniel J Lasnick on December 11, 2008 at 9:01pm
Fire apparatus should be RED! fire trucks have been red since the beginning and should remain as such. That being said now, it's all a personal preference I guess. I know 1 local FD that has white trucks.
Smoke EaterPermalink Reply by Smoke Eater on December 11, 2008 at 9:08pm
At my old department we had white trucks with blue stripes. We also had red and blue light bars on them. The state police and the county police said nothing about this and to this day they still run red and blue's. But I read in a book somewhere that a firefighter was quoted as saying "If people don't see the flashing lights and hear the sirens, then they are too impaired to notice a flashy paint scheme." I've always kinda agreed with that. But ours are all red with the exception of our newest engine. It's red with a white top.
Permalink Reply by Glenn Young on December 11, 2008 at 9:15pm
I think that trucks should be red, however I have seen some trucks that look great with many diffrent color schemes. I feel that the color should be what goes with their department.
Permalink Reply by Kevin Faulk on December 11, 2008 at 9:38pm
Red Fire Trucks!!!!!!!! White???????? LOL
Permalink Reply by Marc on December 11, 2008 at 10:00pm
red with a 1-3-1 (inches) stripe down the side.
in LAFD all of our vehicas look like this ..except our crash rigs and
airport vehicals plus our dozer units..which are all yellow
(USAR 88, old engine 51 and back side of BRAND NEW engine 51,

picture below)
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