INFLUENCE OF COLOR ON FIRE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

Fire fighting equipment is predominantly red or red/white. However, th is study reports that if other factors are the same, the probability o f a visibility-related accident for a red or red/white pumper is great er than the probability for a lime-yellow/white pumper. Data from publ ic safety departments' records regarding fire pumper runs and accident s that occurred over a four year period in a single city are reviewed and tabulated. It is shown that lime-yellow/white fire pumpers are sig nificantly statistically safer than red and red/white fire pumpers.