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[TheAwesomeAuston]

Why was that fire car yellow?

My dad is a firefighter and all he does is sit at the station, watch tv, and make fun of the police officers.

Fire vehicles tend to have a wide range of colours. Black, green, etc, blue.

Usually a lighter colour is used in areas of extreme heat, as it reflects it off the engine.

Im sorry but thats not really correct, Fire Engines where originally red because when fire departments first started forming red was a royal color, and firefighting was part of royalty. Colors like yellow for example are being used because its the most visible during all parts of the day, a red fire engine can tend to blend in when the sun is setting or rising because of the red cast the sun makes, Yellow is a popular color because its most visible during all parts of the day.