Fire engine emoji meaning

The fire engine emoji is a graphic of a large, boxy vehicle with a number of windows and doors, designed for firefighting and emergency response. The fire engine is depicted in various shades of red and is shown with a number of wheels and a streamlined design. The emoji is meant to represent a fire engine or other vehicle used for firefighting and emergency response, and is often used to express the idea of fires or other emergencies. It can also be used more broadly to represent the idea of protection or assistance in times of need.

The fire engine emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026L2/07257