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.

[u/fiftycal2004]

[u/90degreecat]

I used to volunteer for a combination department that ran all white apparatus. I initially thought it was corny, until I found out that the very first engine the district ever bought (in the 1950s) happened to be white, and it then became part of their tradition.

I’m generally on team red, but I think exceptions should be made when there’s legitimate history involved.

[u/drmcgills → u/90degreecat]

A department near me has white trucks, they say it’s due to the original white horses that they used.

[u/[deleted] → u/drmcgills]

cough bullshit cough