FDNY is also doing this on their new rigs. Studies have shown that the flashing blue lights stand out better because all the red and yellow lights on other vehicles. New York State had to pass special legislation to allow it. I don't think it is a NFPA standard yet.grumpy grizzly said:Two truck companies, Truck 31 on the South side and Truck 9 on the North side have their units in service. However these units have RED abd BLUE lights on the rear of the rig, ehich is a change from RED and YELLOW. Is this a NFPA change
grumpy grizzly said:Two truck companies, Truck 31 on the South side and Truck 9 on the North side have their units in service. However these units have RED abd BLUE lights on the rear of the rig, ehich is a change from RED and YELLOW. Is this a NFPA change
vbcapt said:
grumpy grizzly said:This is just a new development with CFD rigs. Other individuals on other sites I frequent had questions about this, I figured I would go to the pot of all knowledge. JohnnyBopp, these people on this site have forgotten more than you will ever learn
JohnnyBopp said:grumpy grizzly said:This is just a new development with CFD rigs. Other individuals on other sites I frequent had questions about this, I figured I would go to the pot of all knowledge. JohnnyBopp, these people on this site have forgotten more than you will ever learn
First off, you don't know anything about me.
Second; hopefully they forgot the stuff about lights, sirens, striping and other things that fall really far down on the list of important things on a fire apparatus.
Haggerty said:JohnnyBopp said:grumpy grizzly said:This is just a new development with CFD rigs. Other individuals on other sites I frequent had questions about this, I figured I would go to the pot of all knowledge. JohnnyBopp, these people on this site have forgotten more than you will ever learn
First off, you don't know anything about me.
Second; hopefully they forgot the stuff about lights, sirens, striping and other things that fall really far down on the list of important things on a fire apparatus.
What is so bad about posting info about Chicago rigs and how the lights changed? I didnt see you up in arms in the FDNY Rescues post when there were multiple replys about the rear lights being blue. Correct me if im wrong but no where on this forum it has explicit guide lines on what we can and cant post, and what is important and not important, i find this intresting, if i read this correctly this is a first for the city of Chicago, and i enjoy knowing this. So thanks Grump for posting this, i found it intresting.
raybrag said:
It's just too bad you don't realize what is important to firefighting. Getting the firefighters to and from the scene is just as dangerous and maybe more so in some situations as fighting the actual fire. If you can't get them there safely they are going to be much use to you when they get there. Many of the new advances in recent years have to do with firefighter safety more than fighting fires, that technology haven't really changed much, you still have to put the wet stuff on the hot stuff! If you really believe in safety then look at what is being done to promote it, not everything else. In this case the New Chicago apparatus is striving to be safer getting to the scene as demonstrated by the lighting changes, changes that affect how they will fight fires are obviously secondary or we would be talking about them. Maybe if you are around awhile you will realize things like this.JohnnyBopp said:
