Factors to Consider When Shopping for a New Firefighter Light Bar

Equipping or upgrading a firefighting vehicle’s lights can be an intimidating process. In the stress of an emergency situation, vehicles need to be visible in order to promote safety and help the vehicle navigate traffic to arrive at the emergency site in a timely manner. A firefighter light bar is often the best tool for signaling to other motorists that there is an emergency situation creating a need for yielding in traffic. Choosing an optimal light bar, however, is complicated, and the options should be weighed carefully. This blog will explore some of the things you can keep in mind while you are shopping for a new light in order to end up with the product you need.

The first consideration when purchasing a new firefighter light bar is your lighting needs. This will often depend on your fire department rules and regulations for light coloration. For example, if your department uses red-and-white coloration for emergency lights, you will need to make sure that you select a model capable of dual-color lighting. Additionally, if you have department regulated flash patterns, choose a model that is programmable as well. Many quality models can save multiple flash pattern programs, which is fantastic for communicating different messages to drivers on the road. For example, with a programmable model your department could set a slower flash pattern to represent a parked emergency vehicle, and a more rapid pattern to indicate a vehicle that needs to pass through traffic.

Another important consideration is the visibility angle of the light bar. Some light bars have brackets or encasements that prevent visibility from certain angles. This is likely not ideal for a firefighting vehicle. While higher-end models will provide programmable visibility angle options, even more affordable models can offer full 360-degree visibility angles. Don’t settle for a model that will leave blind spots in your lighting; motorists need to see your emergency vehicles coming!

The last factor to consider is the type of bulbs the firefighter light bar you are considering uses. The newest, most up-to-date models of light bar use an array of LED lights. These are advantageous over older bulb types like fluorescent and incandescent for a number of reasons. LED lights have considerably longer lifetimes than other bulb types, and, when they do need to be replaced, they do not contain any toxic chemicals that could be of danger to your service people, unlike fluorescent bulbs. LED light bars are power efficient and environmentally friendly. Furthermore, LED bulb arrays are resistant to the cold and do not have a warm-up time in cold temperatures, making them ideal for departments that are located in cooler climates.

By keeping these factors in mind, you can select a new light bar for your emergency vehicles in a much more timely and simple manner saving precious time for your department and removing stress from your own work!

Do you have more questions about light bars? Reach out to us today at 1-888-562-5125 so we can help!

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