Tag Archives: reflective vest

Why Bronto Skylift fire trucks and Battenburg markings don’t mix!

Posted on August 12, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

How do you make sure that large or oversize emergency vehicles are easily seen and quickly recognised? The answer is simple and straight forward – you paint the vehicle in a single colour and avoid using any complex marking patterns thus ensuring … Continue reading →

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Confusing high-visibility conspicuity pattern launched for motorways around Zurich

Posted on July 16, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Earlier this year Leonardo Ferrazzi from Italy sent me this booklet titled Road Safety Inspectorate Signage. It outlines the details of a new conspicuity pattern now being used on the German high-speed motorways around Zurich. The booklet describes how the Canton of Zurich engineering department designed … Continue reading →

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The Ambulance Visibility Marking Toolkit for Emergency Vehicles

Posted on June 14, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

After presenting at the Colorado 3rd Annual EMS Summit in 2010 I was asked to write several articles for the Colorado EMSAC Star. The first article in the series discussed the Ambulance Visibility ten-point toolkit for applying markings to emergency vehicles. The article should be read … Continue reading →

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A conference, two papers and retroreflective conspicuity at night.

Posted on March 26, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Conferences are a great opportunity to attend presentations discussing the latest research, to see the newest products and meet with colleagues. At the trade exhibits we are bombarded with sales pitches and a gambit of differing viewpoints. As a matter of course we tend to filter out all the sales talk and seek out the more reliable information … Continue reading →

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Emergency workers and HiVis clothing – our perception of safety may be dangerously flawed!

Posted on March 19, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Just how how safe are we as emergency workers at an incident scene when stepping out onto the road ? Our on-road activities are an integral part of life in an ambulance/EMS, police, fire or rescue response. We pull-on a ‘safety’ vest or fluorescent jacket over our uniforms and then start work, trusting … Continue reading →