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deviations from red.* Wheeling, W. Va., has orange fire engines; Champaign, 111., has burgundy. Cleveland has white and Chicago has traditionally had red with black cabs. One all-woman volunteer force prefers lavender.

Fire engines have a past full of color. Firefighters of the mid-1800s took pride in making their vehicles individualistic. Trucks back then were gray when delivered so the men could go to work on them with oil

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