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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
NSW Police highway patrol cars sacrifice officer safety with billboard graphics
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
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Emergency Vehicle Markings Award of Excellence – Lethbridge Fire and EMS
Alberta, Canada Lethbridge Fire and EMS work in the City of Lethbridge which is about 220 kilometres south-east of Calgary. The latest markings on their ambulances display a fluorescent red waistline stripe with subordinate fluorescent yellow roofline and doorsill stripes. It can be challenging to design a … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, Emergency Vehicle Markings Award of Excellence, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Reflective
Tagged Ambulance, conspicuity, contour, EMS, Fire, fire trucks, fluorescent, fluorescent red, fluorescent yellow, Lethbridge, Markings, paramedic, reflective, reflective markings, Star of Life, stripes, vehicle, visibility website, waistline
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Why Bronto Skylift fire trucks and Battenburg markings don’t mix!
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
Posted in Emergency vehicles, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Reflective, Rescue
Tagged ACT Fire brigade, AV Reference Library, Battenburg, Bronto, camouflage, conspicuity, contour, Fire, fire appliance, fire trucks, fluorescent, Green/yellow, Markings, pattern, recognition, reflective, reflective markings, reflective vest, safety, Sillitoe, Skylift, stripes, vehicle, visibility website, waistline
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Confusing high-visibility conspicuity pattern launched for motorways around Zurich
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
Posted in Emergency vehicles, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, PPE, Reflective, Rescue, Significant & Important Blogs, Uncategorized
Tagged conspicuity, fluorescent, hybrid markings, Markings, pattern, reflective, reflective markings, reflective vest, stripes, vehicle, visibility
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The Ambulance Visibility Marking Toolkit for Emergency Vehicles
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
Posted in Ambulance, Battenburg, Chevrons, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, PPE, Reflective, Research, SES, Significant & Important Blogs, Uncategorized
Tagged conspicuity, contour, FEMA Emergency vehicle visibility and conspicuity study, fire appliance, fire trucks, fluorescent, Markings, pattern, perception, recognition, reflective markings, reflective vest, safety, safety summit, stripes, vehicle, visibility, waistline
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ACT Ambulance reflective conspicuity markings in new medical EMS textbook
A quick post with just a bit of exciting news! Several years after designing the ACT Ambulance reflective markings I was approached by Cengage Delmar Learning publishing in the United States about supplying images for a new textbook. The authors, Richard Beebe and … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Reflective, Research
Tagged Ambulance, conspicuity, contour, EMS, Fire, fluorescent, Markings, Police, recognition, reflective markings, stripes, vehicle, visibility
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The pink steamroller vs emergency vehicle colour and markings
A few days ago the morning started out normally. I was up early so while I ate breakfast I quickly browsed through the electronic version of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper (SMH). One story with the headline The Pink Wash – Pink Ribbon Inc grabbed my attention. The … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, Chevrons, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Reflective
Tagged Ambulance, conspicuity, contour, EMS, Fire, fire trucks, fluorescent, Markings, recognition, reflective, stripes
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Denver Paramedics add enhanced ambulance markings
Immediately after the 3rd Annual EMS Safety Summit held in Denver CO, Denver Paramedics retro-fitted enhanced reflective markings to their ambulance fleet. White vertical and baseline contour striping were added to the patient care compartment to clearly outline the ambulance body at night. … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, Chevrons, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Reflective, Research
Tagged Ambulance, conspicuity, contour, denver paramedics, EMS, Markings, reflective, reflective markings, safety, safety summit, stripes, vehicle, visibility, visibility website
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Announcing the new Ambulance Visibility Reference Library
It has always been exceptionally difficult to find accurate research without spending hours searching the internet. The new Ambulance Visibility Reference Library brings visibility and conspicuity research documents and information together in the one place for the first time. The AV Reference … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, AV Reference Library, Battenburg, Chevrons, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Reflective, Rescue, Research, SES, Significant & Important Blogs, Uncategorized, Warning Lights
Tagged Ambulance, AV Reference Library, camouflage, EMS, Fire, fire trucks, fluorescent, Markings, perception, Police, recognition, reflective, safety, stripes, vehicle, visibility
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Emergency vehicle chevrons – the AV Blog series Part 2
Welcome back to Part 2 of the Chevron Blog. This part will discuss the following topics: Chevrons on current and future vehicle fleets Current fleet markings with chevrons on different vehicle styles Differing expectations of Police, Fire & Ambulance Battenburg and … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, Battenburg, Chevrons, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Rescue, Research, Significant & Important Blogs, Uncategorized, Warning Lights
Tagged camouflage, conspicuity, FEMA Emergency vehicle visibility and conspicuity study, fire trucks, fluorescent, Markings, pattern, perception, recognition, reflective, safety, stripes, vehicle, visibility
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Emergency vehicle chevrons – the blog series Part 1
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
Posted in Ambulance, Battenburg, Chevrons, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Rescue, Research, SES, Significant & Important Blogs
Tagged camouflage, collisions, conspicuity, contour, FEMA Emergency vehicle visibility and conspicuity study, fire trucks, hazard, headlamps, Markings, pattern, perception, reflective, safety, stripes, vehicle, visibility
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Lets clear up the confusion about reflectivity and vehicle waistlines!
The last few months have seen me answering questions (more than a few times) about one of the recommendations listed as an opportunity in the FEMA Emergency vehicle visibility and conspicuity study. This one statement about reflective material has caused as much … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulance, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police
Tagged conspicuity, contour, FEMA Emergency vehicle visibility and conspicuity study, fire trucks, fluorescent, headlamps, Markings, reflective, stripes, vehicle, visibility, waistline
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