Emergency Lighting For Safety Vehicles
Traditionally, emergency lighting for public safety vehicles has served a twofold purpose; the brilliant colored flashing lights alert the public to the presence of police and first responders, while the takedown lights and spotlights provide additional illumination at the scene of the crime, accident, or fire. Some of the first modern emergency lighting manufacturers gained prominence in the 1950s with products like the rotating dual-color sealed dome lights that still grace a number of police cruisers today. Companies like Federal Sign & Signal and Sireno served the law enforcement community and produced quality emergency lighting solutions that met the needs of the time.
As the population and traffic congestion continued to grow, new companies arose to meet the needs of first responders. In the 1960s, one of the leading manufacturers of emergency lighting for fire trucks, ambulances, and police cruisers was MARS; a number of antique police and fire trucks still sport the signature MARS combination light and siren bar. Whelen Electronics was also well known during the 1960s for their halogen-based light bars; these emergency lighting fixtures could be customized to suit the needs of specific police forces by adding colored filters. It was during this period that the traditional blue and red police lights became the standard across the country.
Today, LED technology has revolutionized the field of emergency lighting. LED light bars and dash lights provide outstanding visibility while maintaining a low heat signature, making them a popular choice for interior use. LED technology allows reduced energy use as well; along with the increased bulb life of LED emergency lighting, this makes LED lights an environmentally sound choice for most agencies. Programmable emergency lighting provides even more versatility, since the lights can display nearly any pattern desired from the standard strobe effects to chasing lights and even steady-state displays. The high-quality emergency lighting offered by Extreme Tactical Dynamics meets all applicable standards for quality and durability and can be used in the high-intensity situations first responders face every day.
