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Fun story there. Anyone know why?
Another fun fact, National Parks Service has some ambulances with blue and red lights. If you remember me saying at the federal level only LEOs can run blue, so why do some ambulances have blue lights?
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or:
A Chicago Firefighter got a ticket for running a red light. The Fire department promptly installed green lights on the apparatus, so they would always have a green light.
One of those two reasons is probably correct.
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It comes from the red and green navigation lights on ships. Commissioner Albert Goodrich (1927 - 1931) of the Chicago Fire Department had a nautical background. He applied the marine scheme (red light = port, green light = starboard) to fire apparatus, and the idea became a tradition of the Chicago Fire Department. He felt it made sense so on-scene commanders could determine the direction from which the apparatus was responding.
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The markings are based on police car visibility studies in the U.K. by Dr. Paul Harrison regarding what colors and designs stand out to the human eye.
The research showed the human eye is most sensitive to blue/green shades at night and yellow/green in daylight.
Since the Feds took the lead on this, it may be the "wave of the future" when it comes to ambulance marking colors.
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The research showed the human eye is most sensitive to blue/green shades at night and yellow/green in daylight.
Since the Feds took the lead on this, it may be the "wave of the future" when it comes to ambulance marking colors.
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The markings are based on police car visibility studies in the U.K. by Dr. Paul Harrison regarding what colors and designs stand out to the human eye.
The research showed the human eye is most sensitive to blue/green shades at night and yellow/green in daylight.
Since the Feds took the lead on this, it may be the "wave of the future" when it comes to ambulance marking colors.
Pop
The research showed the human eye is most sensitive to blue/green shades at night and yellow/green in daylight.
Since the Feds took the lead on this, it may be the "wave of the future" when it comes to ambulance marking colors.
Pop
Interestingly enough done studies were done after that first study. Painting fire engines green may actually increase response time of other drivers because they are looking for a red vehicle.
I suspect NPS went with green to represent the forest.
Anyway, the blue light on NPS ambulances is because in many national parks paramedics are also Park Rangers. This job is high on my career chart right now.
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Paramedic Park Ranger would indeed be a very cool career!
Of course, one might have to pick one's park carefully.
In your line of work, Death Valley might be interesting!
Hahahahahahahaha!
(Dat's a joke!)
Of course, one might have to pick one's park carefully.
In your line of work, Death Valley might be interesting!
Hahahahahahahaha!
(Dat's a joke!)
