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The Ambulance Visibility website is back online
You may have noticed that the AV website was not displaying on the web. Unfortunately without any advice, the hosting provider attempted to migrate the website to a new server. All of the content and the site back-up were lost during the ill-fated move, especially as the … Continue reading
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New high-visibility patrol cars for Western Australia Police
WA Police (WAPOL) recently announced the completion of a project to upgrade the markings, warning lights and sirens of not just the Highway Patrol cars, but all vehicles in the fleet. The project team reviewed current best worldwide practice and translated … Continue reading
Conflicting emergency vehicle pattern markings merge to create camouflage effects
Many earlier posts have described the problems associated with affixing a range of different patterned markings (especially rear chevrons) onto emergency vehicles. The problem is made even worse when a number of local agencies independently decide to display different pattern styles to brand their vehicles in an … Continue reading
Fluorescent marking creep is slowly improving the conspicuity of Australia’s emergency vehicles
It has taken many years but fluorescent markings are finally beginning to appear on more and more police, fire and ambulance vehicles around the country. While the response vehicles of some emergency services still wear the traditional Sillitoe scheme or a stylised variation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, Battenburg, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Motorcycles, Police, Reflective
Tagged AFP, Ambulance, Battenburg, conspicuity
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New Perth County EMS Sprinter ambulances
Michael Crawley from Perth County, Ontario has sent me some photos of their new Sprinter ambulances with high-visibility fluorescent/reflective markings. “We now have 3 Mercedes sprinters in our fleet and have had numerous positive comments about the graphics. Just wanted to thank you … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fluorescent colours, Markings, Reflective
Tagged Ambulance, AV Reference Library, Canada, conspicuity, EMS, high-visibility, Perth County
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Australia Post trades up to high conspicuity lime-green motorcycles
Australia Post recently announced that all new ‘Postie’ delivery motorcycles would be coloured lime green and white with fluorescent green mail panniers. The iconic ‘red rattler’ 90cc and later 110cc motorcycles were legendary for their toughness and durability with retired postie bikes always being hot items … Continue reading
Posted in Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Motorcycles
Tagged Australia Post, conspicuity, fluorescent, fluorescent green, lime, Markings, Postie, safety, visibility
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Get out of the way: An article on the history of ambulance warning lights
This article was published on Gizmodo Australia in early June and provides a brief history of warning lights before discussing the important research undertaken by Michael Flannagan and his associates at the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute. I have discussed Michael’s comprehensive work on emergency vehicle … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, AV Reference Library, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Police, Warning Lights
Tagged Gizmodo, Michael Flannigan, Rachel Swaby, UMTRI, University of Michigan
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