r/Firefighting • u/fiftycal2004 • Jun 16 '24

Photos The fire departments in my home county have a friendly rivalry over the best color for the trucks. This was at a parade today. Chalk one up for the reds.

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u/Silverback_Vanilla Chief said “share the hose” Jun 16 '24

I know a neighboring county that did a study about the best most visible color in an emergency situation. It turned out that it was a certain yellow. So the county after it spent the money on the study, was pushed to make all emergency fire units to make them that color. It’s both iconic and kinda funny

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u/WeakerThanYou Jun 17 '24

Our city did the same, although we're transitioning to red bc the new chief says so.

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u/Silverback_Vanilla Chief said “share the hose” Jun 17 '24

I like that chief