Home security is one of the most important things in life. The other day, newspaper had informed about an air-hostess who was living alone. She was looted of all her valuables worth lakhs of rupees from her house. The burglary took place at eleven in night and she was on duty that day. It is so easy for a burglar to keep a track of your incoming and outgoing time. Why cant you be particular about your security when you are living alone? Working...more
The word siren first originated in Greek mythology and was also later used to refer to mermaids. Language and literature have used the word siren as indicative of dangerous temptations. The siren as we understand today is not something dangerous, but is generally a warning signal either to stop or proceed, based upon who has used it. So, though the siren is in itself not dangerous, ignoring a siren, especially a police siren, can have dangerous...more
After LED jumped into the world of illumination, the idea of lighting has been redefined. Users have the freedom today to have any light intensity that they require and any type of color that they need. The blacking out of a light has also been made easy by the advent of LED because the technology is extremely suitable to making low profile lights that are practically invisible. All these have revolutionized cop lights and its functionalities.However cop lights colors have not undergone too many changes over the years. Mainly because the world over, a few standard colors have been used in emergency vehicles, color patterns have not changed because of the availability of more colors. So the colors of cop lights continue to be mainly red, blue, amber, and white.Red is the predominant color found in cop lights in USA. It is a sign of emergency and is generally accompanied by a siren. Other vehicles have to give way and let the vehicle proceed when a police vehicle is coming with a red light. In countries like New Zealand, Japan, Canada, and Hong Kong, red is a predominant color in cop lights though in Hong Kong and Canada police use a lot of blue as well.As different from this, red...more
Just as police need special lights on their vehicles as well as on their person, firefighters also need lights on their vehicles and on their person. These fire lights make use of both halogen and LED technology both for small and large lights, and strobe lights are also used in many instances. As in the case of other emergency vehicle lights, LED...more
EMS, or emergency medical services, is services designed to take care of medical emergencies. The very summoning of EMS means that somebody is in need of dire help and this makes EMS lights extremely important. Emergency medical services may often treat the patient on the spot, or give at least first aid, or at times transport a medical expert to...more
The sights of warning lights, and the sounds of sirens, are primarily associated with police vehicles, ambulances, and blood red fire trucks. While it is true that these are the vehicles that need emergency vehicle lights the most, its usage is definitely not restricted to the trio. These lights are sported by a wide cross section of people involved in public service activities, as well as in private pursuits.While emergency vehicle lights are mandatory on fire engines, firefighting is done also by volunteer firefighters as by official fire service men. Volunteer firefighters are allowed to use warning lights on their vehicles when they are proceeding in response to a fire emergency. However, these warning lights may not always be the conventional red lights used by regular fire trucks.The emergency vehicle lights used by volunteer firefighters may sometimes be a courtesy light. A courtesy light is something that just conveys to the other vehicles on the road to consider letting the volunteer's vehicle to go faster. Sporting a courtesy light does not give the user the right to proceed at breakneck speed, or to flout traffic rules. As the name of the light indicates, if the other...more
Emergency vehicles are required to move faster than other vehicles. Before emergency vehicles started using an emergency light and a siren to manage this, they used passive warning methods for the purpose. Passive warning consisted of special...more
For the vehicles that ply the streets, and the pedestrians who walk the streets, the most demarcating feature of a police vehicle is its police lights. Variously colored police lights are necessary for the police to announce their presence on the...more
Strobe lights are lights that can be programmed to flash at chosen intervals and larger strobe lights can also be designed to illuminate continuously. Color gels are used for various color effects in strobe lights that are popularly in use in discos...more
Though more people are familiar with seeing an LED light bar on the roof a police vehicle, roof is not the only place where a light bar can be mounted. Many of the larger vehicles like trucks have light bars mounted on the rear side. Based on its...more
Strobe lights are used for emergency vehicle lighting as well as for decorative purposes. For whatever purpose it is used, a plug-in car strobe kit is a great accessory for any motor vehicle. On an ordinary vehicle it can do the job of a running...more
The common pitfall of most consumers is dealing with service providers that do not render the kind if service that is worth their money. There are some who take advantage over the certain needs of some consumers just to earn money. If you need a...more