The mast lets a unit brightly light a home 100 feet to 500 feet up a driveway. A red strobe light on the mast warns motorists on hilly roads that fire crews are working an auto accident long before their vehicles get close to the scene. It also wanted to eliminate the need to raise and turn on floodlights before use. Throwing only one switch in the cab turns on all lights. Eight fixed 1,000-watt floodlights, two per vehicle side, help illuminate dark sides of the apparatus.
Dual floods provide redundancy in case of a bulb failure on any side.
The front of the apparatus has 2,750 watts of illumination. Each side has 3,750 watts, and the rear has 2,000 watts. Cord Lights RFPD wanted instant portable floodlighting without connecting anything. One floodlight for each attack line looked ideal. The light heads sit in slide-out brackets.