The fire engine emoji is the big red hero of your keyboard—an emergency truck in a crisp side profile, ladder strapped on top, hose compartments along the body, chunky wheels, and a ready-to-scream light bar. On Apple/iOS, it’s a glossy, candy-apple red vehicle with clean detailing that screams wee-woo energy even when muted. You can practically see the ladder rungs and metal trim, like a toy truck that grew up and got a siren. It’s instantly recognizable thanks to that classic red paint, ladder silhouette, and the promise of chaos management.
Online, this emoji rolls in when you’re “putting out fires at work,” cooling down a spicy group chat, or responding to a friend’s scorching hot take. Pair it with 🔥, 🧯, 🚨, or even 🗑️ for the full “dumpster fire, but we tried” vibe. It’s used flirtatiously too—“you’re too hot, I called the fire department”—and ironically when a tiny inconvenience gets main-character drama treatment. Sports fans drop it to joke that the other team needs hosing down; mods and community managers use it to signal cooldown mode after thread meltdowns. You’ll also see it in safety posts, city alerts, or wholesome tributes to first responders—and yes, some folks still picture a Dalmatian riding shotgun in spirit.
Definition
A fire engine is used by fire fighters to pump water to put out fires. A fire truck is used to carry long ladders to help fire fighters gain strategic access to burning buildings.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1057 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:fire_engine:
Keywords
Fire, Fighter, Engine, Truck, Emergency, Medical
Previous Names:
Fire Truck
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Editorial Comment
Cute little fire truck with a ladder on top. Used by firemen these come in all sorts of shapes and sizes but will tend to be Red.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Names & Annotations
FIRE ENGINE
Symbol Information
U+1F692 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7F2
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[消防車]
KDDI
#472 消防車 U+EADF SJIS-F3B3 JIS-7A35
Softbank
#203 #old395 消防車 U+E430 SJIS-FB70
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e430
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E430
Decimal Code Point(s)
58416
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x90 0xB0
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 90 B0
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 220 260
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE430
UTF-16 Hex
e430
UTF-16 Dec
58416
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E430
UTF-32 Hex
E430
UTF-32 Dec
58416
Python Src
u"\uE430"
PHP Src
"\xee\x90\xb0"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE430"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🚒
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🚒
Decimal HTML Entity
🚒
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🚒
Hex Code Point(s)
1f692
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F692
Decimal Code Point(s)
128658
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0x92
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 9A 92
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 232 222
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDE92
UTF-16 Hex
d83dde92
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56978
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F692
UTF-32 Hex
01F692
UTF-32 Dec
128658
Python Src
u"\U0001F692"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x9a\x92"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDE92"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
