{"id":1963,"date":"2016-06-13T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2020-09-20T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T04:49:54","slug":"emergency-vehicle-markings-and-livery-sillitoe-tartan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/emergency-vehicle-markings-and-livery-sillitoe-tartan\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency vehicle markings and livery: Sillitoe Tartan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency vehicles – police, fire, ambulance, marine rescue and others – use a type of marking called a Sillitoe Tartan<\/a>. This chequered pattern was introduced in 1961 and gradually adopted nationwide through the 1970s. It is applied in a stripe down the side of the emergency vehicles. On police vehicles it is blue and white (unless it’s Australian Federal Police who use black and white).<\/p>\n

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Police motorbike<\/p><\/div>\n

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Police car<\/p><\/div>\n

On fire service vehicles it is yellow and red.<\/p>\n

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Fire response SUV<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fire engine<\/p><\/div>\n

On ambulances the Sillitoe Tartan is red and white.<\/p>\n

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Other services use different colours in New South Wales:<\/p>\n