This morning in the 'burg and the LES

Bedford, between N. 6 and N. 7.  Below- just in case people have forgotten:

 

11th and 1st. Is that an alien on the side of the truck?  I'm scratching my head over this one.  Am I trying to make the message more complicated than what it is?  Help me out, people.

 

Hard to tell what this is from the pic...  A dinosaur, on the top of a firetruck.  It had friends...  Other dinos and what looked like a couple of gargoyles.  What is the fire department trying to tell us?  Not sure, but I like it.  Saw it at 13th and 1st.