COMING BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND : SIMI GETS FIRST RED FIRE ENGINE SINCE '73.Byline: Alicia Doyle Daily News Staff Writer Say goodbye to ``Old Yeller Old Yeller friend and watchdog assumes houndly nobility. [Am. Cinema: Disney Films, 145–146] See : Protectiveness .'' Ventura County is shifting its trademark yellow fire engines back to the more traditional red, beginning with nine trucks that were delivered to the Fire Department last month. An additional rescue engine will be delivered later this summer. Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. received its first shiny red engine Monday night during a presentation at City Hall with officials from the city and the Fire Department. ``Red goes back to tradition,'' said Fire Chief James Sewell James Sewell may refer to:
Simi Valley's new red truck - the first of its color since 1973 - will be assigned to Fire Station 46. It will be in service as early as two weeks from now. The chief pushed for the red trucks when the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. approved the purchase of 10 new trucks last year. The shiny K.M.E. engines cost $235,000 each - with no extra charge for the changed coat of paint. The Ventura County Fire Protection District had red trucks until the 1970s, when it decided to shift to yellow because it was thought to be more visible. But over time, Sewell said, improvements in the way of strobes and other lights and reflective tape have canceled out any visibility advantage in yellow. He said the shift will not have any impact on service nor increase the cost to taxpayers. Sewell said the department will not repaint Re`paint´ v. t. 1. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. s> Verb 1. existing engines except for normal maintenance. The chief said red engines will bestow a more progressive image on the department because many fire departments are returning to the more traditional color. Fire stations in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. and Camarillo received one red truck each last month. As yellow trucks are retired, they will be replaced with red. Sewell hopes to have red fleets throughout Ventura County's 30 stations within the next several years. There are roughly 100 yellow vehicles countywide. ``Public opinion is that people like the look of the red fire truck,'' said Joe Luna, a public information officer for the Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. . ``It's more traditional and what fire trucks should be. So we're going back to the traditional red.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour SIMI) Children from Cochran Baptist Presch ool get a special tour with Capt. Kerry Ellison of the new red fire engine at Simi Valley Station 46. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
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