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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I thought red caused one to feel more aggressive...
I like that white-on-blue color scheme.
With all of these high-tech paints available (now that we're in the Twenty-first Century!!) has anyone considered using a paint that is Red in Daylight, but relfects a "Chartreuse Yellow" color when illuminated in a low-light environment (at night)?

Seems like the best of both worlds: tradition by day, extra visibility by night.
No, actually the song from the Ohio Players comes to mind.....and that would be....why....."FIRE" of course....lol Paul
OH MY GOD!!!.....I am so sorry.....a "DRY" firehouse...?? Never knew they existed....Easy on that buttermilk now....don't drink and drive....Stay safe ......Paul
Have we FINALLY turned a corner in this fire service?










NAW!
We'll still have idiots drinking and responding.
Glad it's all good where you are though, Amy.
TCSS.
Art
Go to my page and lift "Red" by Sammy Hagar. It's in my playlist because of this friggin' thread.
RED, RED; I like red; some like it hot; I like it red.
Our trucks our white. We aren't allowed to drink at our fire house either. Everybody thinks white is hard to keep clean but it really isn't.
Good One ......go yellow
RED...period.
Ok, first off i must calrify that the only reason our second out ended up this was because of an ordering SNAFU with Sutphen. Originally it was supposed to be white w/ a blue stripe on the bottom, as you can see it ended up the other way around. You havent lived until you've driven a BLUE fire engine. The running joke is "It turns red again when it warms up" I like it, it's definately unique.
our trucks are yellow, yellow is just a color of the trucks all fire trucks will do the same job. Just the yellow fire trucks get their faster lol

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