Beacons and Lightbars

Uses and colour of beacons and lightbars

Organisations use beacons and light bars to either provide warning or attract the attention of other motorists and pedestrians. The most common commercial vehicles that have these rotating or flashing lights are emergency vehicles. Police cars, paramedics, ambulances, fire engines, construction vehicles, and tow trucks are examples of vehicles that display beacon lights or lightbars.

The colours used vary for every profession, with amber, blue, green, and violet being familiar beacon/lightbar colours. Tow trucks, construction vehicles, and security personnel use amber lights. The most easily recognisable are the blue and blue/red lights used by the police, fire and ambulance service, which you are no doubt familiar with seeing. More unusual are the green lights used by volunteer firefighters and the violet lights used by funerary vehicles.

What beacons and lightbars are available?

• LED Beacons & Lightbars
• Rotating Beacons & Lightbars
• Strobes & Directional Flashers

If you require a beacon or lightbar on your business van or commercial fleet, let us know, and we can arrange this for you hassle-free.