General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

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

11.0 cm

Width

5.9 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

Zone

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

City

Maple Ridge

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Yukon

Period

Unknown

Canada

Uniform identification badges used by Canadian forest fire fighting personnel, specifically in Yukon. In 2003 the Protective Services Branch of the Department of Community Services of the Yukon Government assumed responsibility for the Fire Management from the federal government. The Fire Management Program us responsible for managing Yukon forest fires & enforcing the Government of Yukon's Forest Protection Act [Ref. 2]. Founded in 1992, Zone West is a Canadian owned & operated business based in Maple Ridge, BC [Ref. 3).

Function

Identifying patches worn on the uniforms of provincial forest 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

adhesive label on back reads "ZONE WEST/ THE MARK OF EMBROIDERED EXCELLENCE/ TOLL FREE 1-888-912-7378/ www.zonewest.net"/ embroidered yellow lettering reads "PROTECTIVE SERVICES/ YUKON/ FIRE MANAGEMENT"

Missing

complete

Finish

navy blue, yellow

Decoration

embroidered yellow edging