Re: What is the best color to paint your ambulance?

"Mike Painter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "ED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I'm looking for the answer to a question that I'm
> > sure we can all agree on: What is the best color
> > to paint your ambulance?
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> Red or red and white is what most people paint their fire engines. In the
US
> that is *THE* color of a fire engine. Even in cities with lime green rigs
> for 20 years the kids in school paint the fire engine red.
> Red is a horrible color at night but reflective stripes and lights have
> eliminated this problem and the ability to identify the vehicle as a fire
> engine (if they see it) possibly out weighs any color advantage.
> White or red with blue trim on ambulances has been big around here for
years
> and orange never caught on.

Then there's "Chicago Black"  colours (red below the bottom window lines,
black above the bottom window line).

White is highly visible, but except for the southern parts of the States,
it's not very good especially in the Northwest
where it rains alot and you always have to clean white vehicles to make them
look good. There's only one department
here that has white fire engines. The rest are either red, red/white or lime
yellow. One however uses "Chicago Black".

The "Chicago Black" scheme actually looks pretty good on a fire engine.
Not too shabby.

Fire engine Flame red stands out during the day though.


> Have a contest and let the public decide.
>
> But make sure there are a lot of reflective stripes on it.

Our ambulances (Ministry of Health - Emergency Health Services paramedics)
are white with a large red diagonal reflective stripe on the sides and on
the top that come together on the roof to make a cross. The Lifesaver symbol
(blue) plus the lettering, car number and EHS logo are all reflective.

PK