| The purpose of emergency vehicle lights is to | | | | light-emitting diodes. They are small and of a solid |
| alert those on the road that an emergency | | | | state. They last a very long time and can be seen |
| situation is taking place. It may mean that drivers | | | | from a very far distance. Although LED |
| on the road need to clear the roadways to allow | | | | emergency lights are typically used in the same |
| an emergency vehicle or police car through or to | | | | fashion as strobe lights, they can also be |
| beware of a hazard on the road, such as a | | | | programmed to for flashing patterns. |
| disabled car on the shoulder. | | | | There are many different ways to mount |
| There are several different types of emergency | | | | emergency vehicle lights. They can be mounted |
| vehicle lights. There are ones which burn | | | | almost anywhere on a vehicle. Where you place |
| continuously, such as those used by emergency | | | | them will often depend on whether or not you |
| workers to light the area while they work. | | | | wish your special presence to be known. |
| Typically steady burning emergency lights are | | | | Emergency lights can be mounted to the roof of |
| used in conjunction with flashing lights. | | | | a vehicle, whether it be a single beacon or a |
| A perhaps more common type of emergency | | | | lightbar. Some emergency lights are mounted on |
| light found on vehicles is the rotating light. Rotating | | | | the outside of the emergency vehicle and it is |
| emergency vehicle lights can be found in lightbars | | | | usually affixed permanently. This type of mounting |
| or single beacons. These lights revolve around and | | | | is typically for purposes of providing directional |
| often have one bulb them with a curved mirror | | | | lighting (at the front of the vehicle) or as scene |
| which spins around them. This makes a beam of | | | | protection (at the back of the vehicle). Common |
| light which rotates around, creating the | | | | mounting locations are in the vehicle's grill or at |
| appearance of a flashing light. The bulb is usually | | | | the front of the rearview mirrors. You can even |
| covered over with a dome made of plastic to | | | | incorporate your emergency lighting in to the |
| protect it from the elements. | | | | vehicle's existing lighting. For example, a |
| Strobe lights are yet another form of emergency | | | | modification can be made such that warning |
| light. These emergency vehicle lights are flash | | | | beacons are activated when a certain button is |
| lamps containing xenon. These strobe lights shoot | | | | pushed. |
| out a quick bright flash of light by ionizing followed | | | | Emergency vehicle lights can also be mounted in |
| by a discharge of a big current through the xenon | | | | the inside of the vehicle in question. Typically, such |
| gas. The light that is emitted creates a color that | | | | interior emergency lighting is located on the |
| is fuchsia-pink when glowing through red lightbars. | | | | dashboard, the visor, or on the rear deck. This |
| Emergency vehicle lights are typically LED-based. | | | | type of lighting can allow for a more inconspicuous |
| For example, the lightbars you see on top of a | | | | and discreet presence, such as in unmarked |
| polic car is LED-based. LED stands for | | | | vehicles or volunteer responders. |