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OBJECT TYPE: Uniform
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2005.0021.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Fire Control Forest Service British Columbia
LOCATION: Unknown

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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: 10.4 cm
Width: 7.3 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: British Columbia
Period: Unknown
Canada: Uniform identification badges used by Canadian forestry and forest fire fighting personnel, specifically of British Columbia. In that province, three person initial attack crews respond first to fire calls & are of four types: Helitack crews exit from a hovering helicopter, Rapattack crews rappel from a helicopter, Parattack crews parachute from a fixed wing aircraft & Firetack ground crews are transported by truck. 20 person unit crews are dispatched to larger fires requiring significant resources to fight them (Ref. 2, 2003.0256).
Function: Identifying patches worn on the uniforms of provincial forestry & forest fire fighting personnel, affixed to a shirt or jacket.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: embroidered green lettering reading "FIRE CONTROL/ FOREST SERVICE/ BRITISH COLUMBIA"
Missing: None.
Finish: white, blue, green, yellow, brown.
Decoration: blue, green, brown, yellow embroidered mountains, tree, water/ embroidered green edging

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Unknown Manufacturer, Badge, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2005.0021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0021.001/

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