HID bulbs in the form of mercury vapor or high pressure sodium lamps have been used in outdoor lighting on neighborhood streets, in parking lots, in sports facilities and stadiums for years.

For most of the years since Thomas Edison successfully patented the carbon-filament light bulb in 1889, lighting technology has changed very little. Of course, there have been improvements of the art, but at the heart, most lighting technology has relied on one key: an electrical current passing through a thin filament creating the light. This has been particularly true for automotive lighting such as those found on emergency vehicles. With the exception of strobe lighting, the state-of-the-art in vehicle lighting for most of those years relied on the same basic concept demonstrated by Edison’s patent.

Not anymore.
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Fire engines of the early 1700’s were pulled to the scene of a fire by the firefighters, they would then man the seesaw hand pump. Some of these required up to forty men to pump. Most did not have a suction hose, the pump had to be filled by water buckets.

The history of the modern Fire Service is well documented, but did you know that the fire pump is actually a *re-invention* of an idea from ancient times?

The first force-pump mentioned in recorded history is a pump designed by Ctesibius of Alexandria who died in 222BC. Unfortunately, all of this great inventor’s work was destroyed when the great library of Alexandria burned (there’s an irony for you) and we only know about Ctesibius through the surviving works of Vitruvius, Athenaeus, and Philo of Byzantium.
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Every scene is not always curb side. Lighting that is no longer tethered to the vehicle. Just grab it and go where-ever and when-ever you need it. The high intensity OPTIMUM style lamphead is available with a 70 or 150 watt HID (High Intensity Discharge) bulb.
The Tripod is available in three different sizes to fit your needs.

Power Pack
The Power Pack rechargeable battery is housed in a rugged case with a built-in charger. ON/OFF switch, charge level, operating LED indicators, and easy to follow directions located on top of the battery/charger unit.

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