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Xzavier Roth
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11 June, 14:38
Why are fire engines red?
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Gustavo Combs
11 June, 14:45
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Fire trucks are red, because the earliest fire departments were made up of unpaid volunteers. These volunteers didn't have much money, and red was the cheapest color of paint to use, so they painted their fire trucks red.
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Fitzgerald
11 June, 14:52
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There are many theories. The most popular being that red stands out, so higher visibility. The other states that there is some unknown tradition behind it.
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