Tag Archives: Warning lights

New high-visibility patrol cars for Western Australia Police

Posted on May 21, 2016 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

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 →

Posted in Emergency vehicles, Fluorescent colours, High Visibility, Markings, Police, Reflective, Uncategorized, Warning Lights | Tagged conspicuity, fluorescent, Markings, Police, reflective, reflective markings, safety, sirens, stripes, waistline, Warning lights | Leave a comment

Ohio DOT add green warning lamps to snowploughs (snowplows) – HiVizTV

Posted on October 31, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Changes to state legislation now permits snowploughs in Ohio to be fitted with any colour warning lights except red and blue. The state’s 1500 snowploughs will be progressively retrofitted with green flashing lamps alongside the current flashing amber and white lamps. While green lamps … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Emergency vehicles, High Visibility, Warning Lights | Tagged conspicuity, DOT, Green, Ohio, ploughs, recognition, snow, snowplows, vehicle, visibility, Warning lights | Leave a comment

A ten-point toolkit for more effective emergency vehicle warning lights

Posted on September 7, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

This is the final part of three articles written for the Colorado EMSAC Star. This article discusses ten vital elements in a tool-kit that provides the basis for an effective warning light layout suitable for use on any emergency vehicle. The first article in the EMSAC … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambulance, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, High Visibility, HiViz-TV, Police, Reflective, Research, SES, Significant & Important Blogs, Warning Lights | Tagged Ambulance, AV Reference Library, conspicuity, EMS, fire appliance, fire trucks, headlamps, perception, safety, siren, visibility website, Warning lights | 1 Comment

Three new features coming to the AV Blog

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

Over the next few days you will see three new icons and categories appearing between the usual blog posts. There are a great number research papers, video clips and successful emergency vehicle marking layouts that deserve to be recognised even though they do not make it into … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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Warning light guidelines for Fire, Police and EMS ambulance vehicles

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

After reading through a post on Elightbars about the excessive use of LED’s and viewing a video (embedded below), I thought it might be the right time to have another look at the warning light guidelines from Ambulance Visibility. Here is a brief summary of the eleven-point … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambulance, AV Reference Library, Emergency vehicles, EMS, Fire, High Visibility, Police, Warning Lights | Tagged Ambulance, Fire, fire trucks, headlamps, pattern, visibility website, Wake Effect, Warning lights | Leave a comment

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 →