Fire apparatus doesn’t have to be red or even lime green. Blue, black, orange, bright yellow, and even emerald green are just some of the colors used on apparatus recently delivered across the nation.
Over the decades there has been scientific studies done to help determine the best colors for motorist visibility. Red, yellow, lime green have all been crowned as having the highest visibilities ratings.
Apparatus color is usually a more visceral choice than scientific as firefighters choose every color under the Sun for their apparatus.
Here are several that have been delivered over the past several months that illustrate that firefighters can be creative when it comes to color choices.
