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Permalink Reply by Kyle Tischler on January 12, 2011 at 8:28am

Hey there John, try this one out www.firehistory.org it's got some pretty good stuff here. Everything from St. Florian, the Maltese Cross, Dalmatians and the fire marks too. Good luck to you.

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Permalink Reply by John-Paul Cody Mudd on January 12, 2011 at 10:21pm

thanks kyle that helped a lot

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Permalink Reply by Vic Silverfish on January 12, 2011 at 10:52pm

Try going to the library and doing some book research. anything you read on-line will be abridged and without context.

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Permalink Reply by Nenad on January 13, 2011 at 6:12am

Visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_firefighting

In many european countries St. Florian is their saint and protector (for firefighters).
In Italy and France (for this I'm sure) is St. Barbara.

In european fire brigades, most used simbols for patches and official crests,labels...are torches,axes,nozzles,ladders, helmets.. rarely maltese cross. Examples.
http://www.hvz.hr/default.asp
http://www.insiemepercamarda.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/VigiliD...
http://images02.olx.es/ui/4/56/48/68964848_6-FABRICACIoN-DE-PLACAS-...
http://www.feuerwehr-springe.net/bild_logo/feuerwehr-logo.GIF

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