Fire District Patch — Order This Phoenix Lantern Design
Design S0479A at a glance
A pentagon — five sides for five stations, if you want it to mean that — with a phoenix carrying a lantern through stitched flame, crossed axes at the base, 'Engine Company 12' style lettering banding it. The lantern is the uncommon detail: light carried into the burn, the search half of fire work. Districts letter the band and count the sides as they please.
Pentagon cutMerrowed borderPhoenix with lanternFlame fieldCrossed axesCompany band
About this phoenix lantern district design
Most phoenix patches are about surviving fire; the lantern in this one is about going back in. Search is the fire service's quietest mission — the lantern names it without a word of text. The pentagon frame gives districts a counting symbol (five stations, five values, five decades) and simply looks different on a wall of crosses and rounds.
Districts set engine-company or district wording in the band, date the base, and sometimes ask the lantern's glow stitched in glow thread — it works. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order; proof in 6–12 hours, production after your approval.
Fire district patch quick facts
- Embroidered district patches cost $3.00–$20.00 each depending on quantity, with a 10-patch minimum.
- Rush production takes 7–10 days and is available on every custom patch.
- Pentagon frames carry counting symbolism districts assign themselves.
- Lantern iconography marks search missions in fire tradition.
- Glow-thread lantern light is this design's signature upgrade.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this district patch: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for duty wear, iron-on for district tees, velcro for shells
- Sizes: 3"–12" — 4" standard
- Colorways: blue-red-gold as shown, district colors, or wildland tan
- Border: merrowed (shown) around the five sides
- Thread: glow-thread lantern available; flames stitch in gradient
- Artwork: band wording, base dating and lantern style all adjust at no art charge
Who orders this design
Fire protection districts, engine companies within districts, and consolidation committees marking a merger order this pentagon. Search-and-rescue-tasked companies take the lantern meaning literally. District anniversaries put the founding year at the base and the current one in the band.
Custom fire district patch pricing — embroidered
| Quantity | Price per patch |
|---|---|
| 10–19 | $20.00 |
| 20–29 | $14.00 |
| 30–49 | $11.00 |
| 50–74 | $6.50 |
| 75–99 | $6.00 |
| 100–249 | $5.50 |
| 250–499 | $3.00 |
Rush production in 7–10 days is available on all custom patches. Design your changes in the markup tool above, or get this patch quoted exactly as shown.
What your quote covers
- Your exact spec — quantity, size, backing, and colorway, priced to the piece
- A free digital mockup within 4 hours, before you commit to anything
- Rush production in 7–10 days whenever you need it
- No setup, digitizing, or art fees — the table price is the whole price
How ordering this patch works
Request a quote
Send this design (marked up or as-is) with your quantity. Quotes are answered 24/7 within 4 hours.
Approve your proof
Your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after ordering. Nothing is produced until you approve it.
We verify & produce
Law-enforcement orders are verified with your agency before production — standard practice since 1999.
Delivery confirmed
We confirm your shipping address by phone, then email tracking the day your patches ship.
🏛 Bidding for your department or agency? We answer bids, RFQs and purchase-order quotes — see how agency bids and RFQs work, or tick “This quote is for a bid” in the quote form.
Fire district patch questions
Does the pentagon have to mean five stations?
It means what your district says it means — stations, values, founding decades. Some pick it purely because it stands out on a patch wall.
Does the glow lantern actually glow?
Glow thread charges in daylight and reads in darkness — on this design it's the lantern's point. No extra production time.
Can a merged district mark both legacy departments?
Yes — one legacy name per upper side, the new district in the band. Mergers have used exactly that arrangement here.
What's a district-wide order look like?
Five stations × 20 patches lands at 100 pieces — the $5.50 tier — with per-station banding available inside the same run.
How do we begin?
Band wording in the markup tool, quote form submitted, 4-hour mockup, approval, 7–10 day rush. The calendar cooperates.
Carrying the light further?
District-level identity is one layer — the firehouse patch lineup for companies, squads and specialty crews handles the station layer below it. For consolidated buying across stations, the quantity-tier pricing guide for patch programs shows the district's advantage in numbers.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.