Spinning Light On Front Of Firetruck

These are still manufacture.

Spinning light on front of firetruck.

They were made at the time that there really weren t any flashing lights so instead of the single rotating light on top of the truck they put this piece of crap on. Fire truck light bars these fire truck lights are important to capture the attention of other drivers when you are rushing to an emergency situation. Got done with a house fire went to sit on a front bumper and ended up with 8 staples in my head from one of those. The are old and out of date piece of emergency lighting.

For those of us who grew up in or around east coast fire companies as children they are something we cherish dearly a unique spinning tornado of light on the front of a shiny engine or truck. It s called a roto ray these were popular on pre ww ii apparatus but have made a come back in the last several years. Roto rays are three sealed beam lights rot. I can only think of two things that could be described as spinning apparatus on the front of a fire truck.

Roto ray warning lights roto rays warning lights have been used on fire and rescue apparatus for over 65 years.