WHY ARE FIRE TRUCKS RED? BECAUSE FIRE TRUCKS HAVE 4 WHEELS AND 4+8=12 AND 12 IS THE NUMBER OF INCHES IN A RULER, AND QUEEN ELIZIBETH WAS THE NAME OF A RULER, THAT WAS ALSO THE NAME OF A SHIP AND THE SHIPS SAIL THE SEAS AND FISH LIVE IN THE SEAS, AND FISH HAVE FINS, AND THE FINNS FOUGHT THE RUSSIANS AND THE RUSSIANS ARE RED............AND FIRE TRUCKS ARE ALWAYS..."RUSSIAN" AROUND; MY APOLOGIES