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Monitoring since 1982, using radios since 1991.
Red/Green and Red/Blue on Fire/EMS rigs:
One reason for doing this is that multiple colors attract more attention than just one color on flashers/strobes/lightbars. Green and Blue are both very very visible, and usually not confused with say a wrecker that runs straight Amber. This is especially true with today's LED lighting systems. In fact, with LED's, its brighter the farther away you are from it up to a point, unlike the older halogen systems. In IN, fire/ems/rescue are allowed to run clear/red combinations in front/side facing locations, and may run red/clear/green/blue/amber in almost any combination on rearward locations. The only lockdown on color combos is with LEA's. They MUST run red/blue per State Law. And of course the fluorescent striping tape is available from many outlets. The top 2 colors for high visibility are yellow/white alternatiing, and green/white alternating. Preferably in diagonal striping/dashing...
And of course the cheapest go to website for gear: Police Gear | Police Equipment | Tactical Gear | 5.11 Tactical | Bates Boots | Streamlight | Safariland | Galls
One reason for doing this is that multiple colors attract more attention than just one color on flashers/strobes/lightbars. Green and Blue are both very very visible, and usually not confused with say a wrecker that runs straight Amber. This is especially true with today's LED lighting systems. In fact, with LED's, its brighter the farther away you are from it up to a point, unlike the older halogen systems. In IN, fire/ems/rescue are allowed to run clear/red combinations in front/side facing locations, and may run red/clear/green/blue/amber in almost any combination on rearward locations. The only lockdown on color combos is with LEA's. They MUST run red/blue per State Law. And of course the fluorescent striping tape is available from many outlets. The top 2 colors for high visibility are yellow/white alternatiing, and green/white alternating. Preferably in diagonal striping/dashing...
And of course the cheapest go to website for gear: Police Gear | Police Equipment | Tactical Gear | 5.11 Tactical | Bates Boots | Streamlight | Safariland | Galls