Volunteer Forest Fire Patch — Order This Engine & Burning Pines Shield
Design S1645A at a glance
A gold-merrowed shield with a fire engine turning its hose on a stand of burning pine trees, stitched in orange, navy, red and green. Four lettering fields carry a department name, a volunteer fire department line, a short motto and a founding year. The action scene makes it a working patch, and every word restitches to your company.
Shield shapeGold merrowed borderFire engineHose streamBurning pines4 lettering fields
About this engine and burning pines volunteer shield
Most volunteer patches lean on symbols; this one shows the work itself. A fire engine with its hose trained on burning pines puts the company in the interface zone where many volunteer departments spend their summers. The shield gives the scene a strong frame, and four colors are enough to separate flame, forest and apparatus cleanly.
Order it as shown or customize it: put your company name, motto and year in the four fields, redraw the engine as your brush truck or tender, or recolor the field to your department colors. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order — your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after you order, and nothing is produced until you approve it.
Volunteer forest fire patch quick facts
- Embroidered volunteer forest fire 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.
- Volunteer companies can order as few as 10 patches, which suits small rosters and auxiliary members.
- An apparatus-and-flames scene keeps its detail on a shield 4" tall or larger.
- Many departments order a matching iron-on run for fundraiser shirts and hoodies.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this volunteer fire shield: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for station shirts and turnout jackets, iron-on for fundraiser apparel, velcro for gear bags
- Sizes: 3"–12" tall — 4"–4.5" for sleeves, 10"+ for jacket backs
- Colorways: orange, navy, red and green as shown, or red and black, or a yellow-green wildland palette
- Border: gold merrowed (shown), or red or navy merrowed
- Thread: metallic gold available for the lettering and engine trim
- Artwork: the engine redraws as your brush truck, tender or engine from a photo at no additional art charge
Who orders this design
Volunteer fire departments, rural fire companies with wildland responsibilities and brush-truck crews order this shield for station wear and turnout jackets. Auxiliaries often order the same design as iron-on patches for fundraiser shirts. Departments marking an anniversary year frequently update the year field for a commemorative run.
Custom volunteer forest fire 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.
Volunteer forest fire patch questions
Can the engine be redrawn as our brush truck?
Yes. Send a photo of your apparatus and we redraw it spraying the fire, at no art charge. The proof shows it before anything is produced.
Can we order just ten patches?
Yes. The minimum is 10 pieces, and pricing drops per patch as quantity rises; your quote shows each tier.
Can we change the motto and year?
Yes. All four fields — department name, volunteer line, motto and year — restitch to your wording on the 4-hour mockup.
Is iron-on backing durable enough for t-shirts?
For fundraiser shirts and hoodies, yes. For uniforms worn and washed daily, sew-on is the better choice.
How do I mark up changes to this shield?
Use the markup tool in the quote form to circle the engine, the pines or any lettering, add notes and switch colorways. Your marked-up shield travels with the quote.
Want a different volunteer patch, or a broader starting point?
This page covers one wildland scene on a shield. For Maltese crosses, helmets and station rounds, the fire department designs beyond this engine-and-burning-pines shield cover every company we stitch for. Comparing embroidered with woven or PVC, or starting from your own sketch? The patch guide that prices a volunteer forest-fire shield from ten pieces up walks through it.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.