Do you know why firetrucks are red?

Firetrucks have 4 wheels, and 8 people on firetrucks.

4 + 8 = 12

 There are 12 inches in a ruler

Queen Elizabeth was a ruler.

there was also a ship named after Queen Elizabeth

the ship sailed the seas, and seas have fish..

the fish have fins.

people from Finland are also called fins.

Finland and Russia were in a war a long time ago.

Russians are red.

and firetrucks are always Russian around