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OBJECT TYPE
uniform
DATE
2003
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2003.0242.002
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Forest Protection Rapattack
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
2
Total Parts
2
AKA
shoulder flash
Patents
N/A
General Description
fabric & embroidery thread

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
10.3 cm
Width
10.0 cm
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Forestry
Category
Fire fighting
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Unknown
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Alberta
Period
Unknown
Canada
Uniform identification badges used by Canadian forestry and forest fire fighting personnel, specifically of Alberta. A Rapattack unit is an initial wildfire attack unit trained to descend from a specially equipped, hovering helicopter on a rope fitted with a mechanical device to control the rate of descent, a specialized form of helitack (helicopter firefighting unit). The Rapattack program is one of only two such programs in Canada, & has been in existence since 1983. The 7-person units undergo a month of intensive rappel training, including a physically demanding training course, emergency retrieval procedures & ongoing evaluations. The units are Edmonton based & to allow for quick response are transported to fires by 8 contracted medium rotary-wing aircraft (Ref. 3).
Function
Identifying patches worn on the uniforms of provincial fire fighting personnel, affixed to a shirt or jacket.
Technical
An example of a machine embroidered fabric badge. For centuries embroidery hand been done by hand, but during the industrial revolution mechanization of the process began. Embroidery machines were designed by 1860, combining in a single machine handloom technology with the existing sewing machine technology, the lock-stitch. The automation was refined in the in the 1970s - early 1980s with automatic, electronically controlled custom embroidered machines developed in Japan. Instead of the instructions being coded on a continuous reel of paper or Mylar(r) tape containing x-y coordinate information in Binary, Fortran or other numeric code to control pantograph movement, the information is now digitized on computer disks. These machines also do the work flat instead of vertically which allows automatic colour changes (Ref. 1).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
embroidered black lettering reading "Alberta/ SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE/DEVELOPMENT/ Forest Protection/ RAPATTACK"
Missing
complete
Finish
blue, brown, black, green, red
Decoration
embroidered green trees/ black edging

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Unknown Manufacturer, Badge, circa 2003, Artifact no. 2003.0242, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0242.002/

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