Tag Archives: collisions

NSW Police highway patrol cars sacrifice officer safety with billboard graphics

Posted on October 13, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

The October three-day weekend holiday in Australia has just passed and earlier in the week the New South Wales Police launched their “Operation Slowdown” safe driving campaign with a display of new vehicles and sobering interviews for the gathered media. This year the … Continue reading →

Posted in AV Reference Library, Emergency vehicles, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Reflective | Tagged advertising, AV Reference Library, camouflage, collisions, conspicuity, fluorescent, Highway Patrol, hybrid markings, Markings, NSW Police, perception, Police, recognition, reflective, reflective markings, Sillitoe, stripes, visibility | Leave a comment

Ambulance crash in Victoria, Australia – HiVizTV

Posted on October 6, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Two Ambulance Victoria paramedics thankfully suffered only minor injuries after hitting a street barrier while travelling to an emergency case under lights and sirens. Bystanders attempted to release the crew by breaking the windshield, however they crawled to the back of the ambulance and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambulance, EMS, HiViz-TV | Tagged accident, Ambulance, collisions, EMS, safety, vehicle, Victoria | Leave a comment

University of Ohio Driver Safety and First Responder Research – HiViz TV

Posted on September 5, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

The Russ College of Engineering and Technology at the University of Ohio is using a new driving simulator featuring the front half of a Ford Focus to study the most effective combination of colors, reflective stripes, lights and logos for emergency vehicles. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambulance, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, HiViz-TV, Markings, Police, Reflective, Research | Tagged Ambulance, collisions, conspicuity, Deborah McAvoy, Department of Justice, driving, emergency, EMS, Fire, fire trucks, First, fluorescent, Ford Focus, hazard, Markings, Office of Research Communications, Ohio, perception, Police, recognition, reflective, reflective markings, Responder, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, simulator, transport research laboratory, University, vehicle, vehicles, visibility, Warning lights | Leave a comment

Evaluating new trends in emergency vehicle markings

Posted on September 3, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

This is the second part of three articles written for the Colorado EMSAC Star. The first article in the series discussed the Ambulance Visibility ten-point toolkit for applying markings to emergency vehicles. This second article looks at advertising agency visibility, Battenburg … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambulance, AV Reference Library, Battenburg, Chevrons, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Reflective, Research, SES, Significant & Important Blogs | Tagged Ambulance, AV Reference Library, camouflage, collisions, contour, EMS, FEMA Emergency vehicle visibility and conspicuity study, Fire, fire appliance, fire trucks, fluorescent, hybrid markings, pattern, perception, recognition, reflective, reflective markings, vehicle, visibility, visibility website | 1 Comment

Emergency Vehicles – Do not rely on sirens for an effective warning

Posted on August 3, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

When the Ambulance Visibility website was in its infancy over ten years ago one of the first webpages to be written was concerned with the inadequacies of sirens as an effective warning for fire, police and ambulance vehicles. Stephen Solomon, David Green and De … Continue reading →

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Ultrabright warning lights – never a brilliant idea for safety!

Posted on March 4, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Last week I received an email from David Green urging me to read a new post from the Police Inspector Blog. The posts are written by the popular and accomplished book author who writes in the UK under the Inspector Gadget nom-de-plume. The blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambulance, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, High Visibility, Police, Rescue, SES, Significant & Important Blogs, Warning Lights | Tagged Ambulance, collisions, conspicuity, David Green, EMS, Fire, fire appliance, hazard, Inspector Gadget, Police, safety, vehicle, visibility, Wake Effect, Warning lights | 5 Comments

Chevron enquiry from Pikesville Fire Department

Posted on January 5, 2011 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

In late November 2010, I received a blog comment from Capt. John Berryman from Pikesville Fire Department asking the following question about using upright chevrons on the rear of fire appliances rather than the inverted-V pattern. John also forwarded a photo of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambulance, Battenburg, Chevrons, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Reflective, Research | Tagged collisions, conspicuity, fluorescent, Markings, pattern, reflective, vehicle, visibility | 2 Comments

Emergency vehicle chevrons – the blog series Part 1

Posted on June 3, 2010 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Chevrons have become the latest new look in safety markings on emergency vehicles. Regardless of whether you love chevrons or hate them, the inverted-V markings will be displayed on even more Police, Fire and Ambulance vehicles every day. The numbers will increase regardless of … Continue reading →