Patch from Alliance Ambulance Inc. The rectangular patch has a white background and green edging. "Alliance Ambulance Inc." is written in green along the top and bottom edge. The center contains a green and black image of a diamond split into four sections by an "I."
Patch from the Baytown, Texas fire department. The wedge-shaped patch has a black background with amber edging. "Baytown" is written in white above a central image of a Florian Cross. The cross has red points, white borders, and an orange center containing the image of Texas and a billowing Texas flag. "Fire Rescue" is written in the vertical points, while the horizontal points contain a fire hydrant, pike, and ladder. A flame is located on either side of the cross.
Patch from the Baytown, Texas fire department. The bell-shaped patch has a dark blue background and yellow lettering and edging. "Duncanville Fire Dept." is written along the top and bottom. A Florian Cross is located in the center.
Patch from the Bellaire, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a dark blue background with golden edging. A Florian Cross with white points and a dark blue center dominates the patch. "Bellaire" is written in white in the center and "Fire Dept." is written in blue across the vertical points. Blue illustrations of a hydrant, a hook, and a ladder appear in the horizontal points.
Patch from the Clear Lake City, Texas emergency medical corps with a white background and blue edging. "Clear Lake Emergency Medical Corps" is written in red across the top and bottom of the rounded rectangular patch. A red and winged rod with a snake curled around it appears in the center of a blue representation of Clear Lake's borders.
Patch from the Clear Lake City, Texas emergency medical corps with a white background and blue edging. "Clear Lake Emergency Medical Corps" is written in red across the top and bottom of the rounded rectangular patch. A red and winged rod with a snake curled around it appears in the center of a blue representation of Clear Lake's borders.
Patch from the Cloverleaf, Texas volunteer fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a yellow background and black edging. "Cloverleaf Fire Dept. Texas Est. 1952" is written in black on the edges of the patch. A green cloverleaf containing "Vol" sits in the center of the patch.
Patch from the Crosby, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a dark blue background in its top and bottom sections and yellow edging. "Crosby Tx. Fire-Rescue" is written in yellow across these sections. The center section features a scene of the Warner Brothers character, "Tasmanian Devil," coming down a road during a storm. He is wearing a fire helmet while holding a hydraulic rescue tool and an axe. A fire hose is spraying water in front of him.
Patch from the Cypress Creek area of Houston, Texas fire department. The triangular patch has a dark blue background with yellow edging. "Cypress Creek Houston Texas" is written in yellow along the top and bottom of the patch. A red Florian Cross with white edging covers the center.. "Fire Rescue" is written in yellow over the top and bottom points. A yellow and black "fire scramble" appears in the center of the cross
Patch from the Cypress, Texas fire department with a red and white background and blue edging. "Cy-Fair Fire Dept." is written in white across the top, middle, and bottom sections of the rectangular patch. The word "Cy-Fair" is between two white semicircles. The top semicircle has the image of a ladder and hook crossed over each other. The bottom semicircle contains a red fire hydrant.
Patch from the Deer Park, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a black background with red and gold edging. "Deer Park Fire Dept." is written in gold across the top and bottom of the patch. A Florian Cross in the center of the patch has golden points connected by a red circle. "Texas" is written in the lower point. A grey bird flies in front of the top point which has an American and a Texas flag projecting upward. The center of the patch bears a silver star surrounded by a golden laurel.
Patch from the Houston, Texas fire marshal. The rectangular patch has yellow edging and a blue, red, and white background in the approximation of a Texas flag. A Florian Cross on the blue field contains a "fire scramble" and the words "Est. 1977." Two fire axes bearing the words "Courage" and "Honor" on their heads are crossed over the middle of the patch. "Eastex Fire Dept." is written across fire hoses that are wrapped around the axes' handles.
Patch from the Harris County Emergency Corps. The round patch has a white background and blue edging. The outer ring has "Harris County Emergency Corps" written in blue. An inner circle is outline in blue, says "Emergency Rescue First Aid" in red, and contains a blue and yellow cross.
Patch from the Highlands, Texas fire department. The cross shaped patch has a navy blue background and golden edging. "Highlands," "Fire," "Rescue," and "EMS" are written inside of the points. The center bears the image of a yellow and red "fire scramble" and a blue Star of Life.
Patch from the Highlands, Texas fire department with a dark silver background and dark blue edging. "Highlands Texas Fire Dept" is written in blue across the top and bottom of the shield-shaped patch. A red and yellow image of an antique fire pump.
Patch from the Houston, Texas fire department arson division. The shield-shaped patch has a dark blue background and black and golden edging. "Houston Arson" is written along the top and bottom. A green circle containing "City of Houston" and "Space City U.S.A." forms a ring around a globe crossed with red lines.
Patch from the Houston, Texas fire department. The patch has yellow edging, a blue outer background, and an inner background that is partially pale blue and partially the blue, white, and red of a Texas flag. "Houston Fire-EMS Rescue" is written along the outer edge in yellow. The flag background contains a yellow illustration of a skyline. The light blue background contains a white Florian Cross. The top point of this cross contains "1838," the left point contains a Star of Life, the bottom point contains a hazardous material symbol, and the right point contains a hook and ladder. An illustration of Texas appears in the center of the cross.
Patch from the Houston, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a dark blue background and yellow edging. A cross with white points occupies most of the patch. "Houston" is written in the center and "Fire Dept." is written across the top and bottom points. Images of a fire hydrant and a crossed hook and ladder appear in the horizontal points.
Patch from the Tyler, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a black background and golden edging. A Florian Cross with white points and a black center covers the patch. "Houston Fire Dept." is written vertically over the cross. Images of a fire hydrant and a crossed hook and ladder appear in the horizontal points.
Patch from a Houston, Texas fire department. The patch is designed to look like a blue and white Florian Cross partially engulfed in yellow, red, and blue flames. "Houston Fire Dept" appears across the top and bottom points of the cross. The blue field, star, red, and white fields of the flag of Texas appear across the left and right points. The number twelve is written in red in the center of the cross.
Patch from the Houston, Texas volunteer fire department. The shield-shaped patch has yellow edging and two sections. The outer section has "Houston Volunteer Fire Dept" written across the edges of the patch. The second section has the blue, white, and red flag of Texas as the background of its top half, with a Houston skyline illustrated in yellow. The lower half has a dark blue Florian Cross with yellow borders on a light blue background. "1941" is written across the left and right points of the cross.
Patch from the Houston, Texas fire marshal. The shield-shaped patch has a light blue background and yellow edging. An outer band of darker blue contains "Fire Prevention," "Life Safety," and "Code Enforcement" in yellow lettering. A red image of Texas is partially covered by a white banner embroidered with "Fire Marshal." Below Texas is the illustration of a skyline.
Patch from a Houston, Texas fire department with a dark blue background and yellow edging. "Houston Heavy Rescue 11" is written along the top and bottom of the patch. The center of the patch features an image of the state of Texas covered by a striking eagle. To the left of this eagle is a burning skyline.
Patch from the Occidental Houston Chemical Complex Emergency Action Team. The circular patch has a white background and blue edging. "Occidental Houston Chemical Complex Emergency Action Team" is written along the edges in black. A smaller circle appears further inside the circle. This circle contains a silvery grey background with olive branches and a rectangle that has been split into five parts. The top art contains "H.E.A.T" in blue lettering against white background. The images inside of the four other quadrants include a hazardous material sign, a Star of Life, a flame, and a man rappelling.
Patch from the Jersey Village, Texas emergency services. The wedge-shaped patch has a grey background and red edging. "Jersey Village Emergency Services" is written in red along the top and bottom. A blue and white Star of Life, an image of Texas with a ladder and a hook crossed under it, and a hazardous materials symbol appear across the middle of the patch.
Patch from the Jersey Village, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a red background and edging and white graphics. "Jersey Village Fire Dept." is written across the white points of a Florian Cross. The center of this cross contains a "fire scramble."
Patch from the Houston, Texas fire department. The patch is shaped like a Florian Cross and has yellow and black edging. The points have sliver backgrounds and red text that reads "Houston Fire Dept. 1838." The inside circle is divided into blue, red, and white section, with "Engine Ladder" written across the top blue portion. The head of a bulldog wearing a fire helmet numbered 26 and biting down on a fire axe is placed between the red and white sections.
Patch from the Memorial Village, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a black background with red and gold edging. "Village Fire Dept." and "Texas" is written in gold along the top and bottom edges of the patch. A firefighter's cross in the center has the images of a nozzle, hook, pike, hatchet, and fire hydrant in its points, and the image of a silver star within a golden laurel at the center.
Patch from the North Harris County Fire Fighters Association of Texas. The patch is circular with a rectangular rim on the bottom. The top section has a red background, the bottom background is white, and both share a dark blue edging. The top portion contains a Florian Cross with white borders. The points of the cross contain "North Harris County Ass'n" written in white, while the center of the cross contains a yellow "fire scramble." The bottom rectangle contains the words "Fire Fighters" in dark blue.
Patch from the Northwest Harris County, Texas volunteer fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a white background and blue edging. "Northwest Fire Dept.," "Vol.," and "Org. 1949" are written in red along the top and bottom edges. The center contains a blue and white Florian Cross containing images of fire equipment, "Harris County" in the vertical points, and "F D" in the horizontal points.
Photograph of a Pasadena Fire Department Fire Engine, an American LaFrance pumper. The vehicle is in front of a building and the driver is wearing civilian clothing. "Pasadena Fire Dept." is written on the side of the fire engine.
Photograph of a Pasadena Fire Department fire engine. The engine is an American LaFrance Fire Engine Company pumper. The engine is on a wooden bridge or pier with a railing and there are hoses on the ground in front of it.
Patch from the Pasadena, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a white background and black edging. A red cross occupies most of the surface. "Pasadena Texas Fire Dept." is written across the points of the cross, while the words "In Service 1930" appear in the center.
Patch from the Pasadena, Texas volunteer fire department that has gold edging, a blue background on its left half, and a horizontally split red and white background on the right. "Proudly Volunteering 1930-2005" is written in red across the top. A Florian Cross with a white background, gold edging, and red and blue lettering appears in the center of the patch. "Fire Dept Pasadena Texas" is split along the points of the cross, while "75 Years" appears in the middle.
Photograph of some of the damage in Houston, Texas after a major fire in 1912. The building in the center of the picture has almost been completely destroyed with only the bottoms on the walls left standing; in the foreground there are broken trees and piles of debris.
Patch from the Ponderosa, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a dark blue background and yellow edging. "Ponderosa Fire Dept." is written along the top in yellow, with a grey line underneath. "Houston Texas" is written in red on either side of a fire helmet atop a cross pike, hatchet, and ladder. A red image of Texas appears on the bottom with "Est. 1972" written in grey and a blue star over the Houston area.
Patch from the La Porte, Texas fire department. The Florian Cross shaped patch has a white background, blue edging, and red lettering and images. "La Porte Texas" is written in the top and bottom points, and "Fire Dept." is written in the middle. A fire hydrant appears in the left point, while a crossed hook and ladder appears in the right point.
Postcard of Houston's Central Fire Station, a two-story brick building with several garage exits along the first floor. Horse-drawn fire engines are seen exiting the garages, and each garage is labeled. Three visible labels are, "Chief", "Hose", and "Steamer."
Postcard with a photograph of an automobile belonging to the Houston Fire Department pulling out of a garage at the fire station. Two firemen are sitting in the driver's seat while two other firemen are standing behind the car and there is an inscription on the car that reads: "Houston Fire Dept."
Postcard with a photograph of a man standing in front of a long service truck used by the Houston Fire Department. The truck is carrying ladders and has pennants that say "Houston," and an alarm bell on top.
Postcard with a photograph of some of the damage caused by a fire in Houston, Texas; the text on the photo says that this is "looking west from plant of Dew Bros Syrup Co." Most of the pieces of debris in the picture are sheets of metal lying on the ground with other charred pieces in the background.
Postcard with a photograph of the damage caused by a major fire in Houston, Texas. The caption on the picture reads: "Houston's Big Fire Feb 21, 1912 Where the Blaze Started." The building in the photograph belongs to a grain company, and has most of its roof and taller walls destroyed; most of the building with "Grain Co." written on it is most left intact. There are a few men looking through the debris.
Postcard with a photograph of one of the fire trucks used by the Houston Fire Department parked outside of the fire station. The truck is loaded with ladders and a long water hose packed in the back; there are also four firemen standing around.
Postcard with a photograph of the back end of a Houston Fire Department fire truck. This truck has a water hose and ladder loaded in it and also has two pennants attached to the rods at the very back end.
Patch from Shell's Deer Park Manufacturing Complex volunteer fire crew. The cross shaped patch has a red background and yellow edging. "Shell" and "DPMC" are written in yellow within the top and bottom points. The left point features a fire hydrant, and the right point contains flames. The central image is of a shell with "Volunteer Fire Crew" written around it.
Patch from the Shoreacres, Texas volunteer fire department. The cross shaped patch has a green background with red edging. "Shoreacres Volunteer Fire Dept" is written in red across the points of the cross. A central image, bordered in silver, contains a pair of palm trees on one side and a sailing boat on the other.
Patch from the Spring, Texas volunteer fire department. The circular patch has a white background, dark blue edging and borders, and red lettering and images. A cross shaped takes up most of the space. "Spring Vol. Fire Dept." is written across the points of the cross. The center of this cross contains the image of a "fire scramble."
Photograph of three men in front of a Pasadena Fire Department fire engine. The fire engine is an American LaFrance pumper and is in front of a warehouse. One of the men is wearing coveralls and the other two are wearing collared shirts.
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