Fire Engines Photos

Chris - Do you happen to know if Cleveland have ever done any research to find out how useful their white painted fascias are in increasing safety?

I find it noteworthy that no other brigade paints its vehicles' front panels white - either in the UK or, as far as I know, anywhere else!

Added by Rob Johnson on 22 April 2019.

check out grampian fire brigade

Added by John Macrae on 19 May 2019.

John:

I think Grampian were all white at one time, but are now reverting to red after the consolidation of all Scottish fire services.

There are a few white fire truck liveries here in the USA but they are rare. Not to mention the occasional yellow, silver, green, blue and even black - usually original traditional liveries going back a century or more on long established volunteer fire companies' rigs....

We also enjoy a bewildering array of flashing lights on emergency vehicles. Not only are there often as many as a dozen or more, but they can be virtually any color or combination of colors.

In Chicago only the city police are blue, but the state police are blue and red. Ambulances are red and yellow and clear, but CFD are red, clear. yellow and green!

Added by Rob Johnson on 22 May 2019.

As John says, Grampian had a whole fleet with white cabs, I know one of the team responsible for the change and it was does for visibility. They are being phased out now as part of the standardization with th3 single Scottish Fire and Rescue service, none will be repainted they will continue white until they retire. A couple white pumps are serving in the old Highlands and Island region and the spare Hydraulic Platform is ex Grampian and it is still white too and can be seen in Edinburgh fairly often

Added by Andy on 01 June 2019.

As John says, Grampian had a whole fleet with white cabs, I know one of the team responsible for the change and it was does for visibility. They are being phased out now as part of the standardization with th3 single Scottish Fire and Rescue service, none will be repainted they will continue white until they retire. A couple white pumps are serving in the old Highlands and Island region and the spare Hydraulic Platform is ex Grampian and it is still white too and can be seen in Edinburgh fairly often

Added by Andy on 04 June 2019.

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