Fire Station Patch — Order This Bell Tower Pines Design
Design S0488A at a glance
A two-thread nocturne: the station's bell tower rising gold out of stitched pines under a crescent moon, 'Engine 43 • Special Operations' style wording below. Before radios, the tower bell was the alert system — stations that still have one standing order this design with their own tower drawn in. Gold-on-navy keeps the night honest.
Custom shieldMerrowed borderBell towerPine lineCrescent moonTwo-thread build
About this bell tower station design
Fire stations with bell towers hold a piece of the service's acoustic history — the tower was the dispatch system, and the bell's weight meant the town took fire seriously. This design renders that inheritance in two threads: gold linework on navy, the tower lit, the pines dark, the moon placed where night shifts actually see it. Restraint does the reverence here.
Stations send a photo of their tower (standing or historical) for the redraw, word the base band, and night-shift crews sometimes ask for the moon fuller — we oblige through every phase. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order; proof in 6–12 hours, production after your approval.
Fire station patch quick facts
- Embroidered station 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.
- Tower redraws from photos — standing or archival — are no-charge.
- Two-thread gold-on-navy builds stitch economically and age gracefully.
- Moon-phase choice is yours; night shifts have opinions.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this station patch: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for duty wear, iron-on for station tees, velcro for shells
- Sizes: 3"–12" — 4" standard
- Colorways: gold-on-navy as shown, silver-on-black, or wildland tan
- Border: merrowed (shown)
- Thread: metallic gold tower available; glow-thread moon for the night-shift version
- Artwork: your tower from a photo, your moon phase, your base wording — no art charge
Who orders this design
Stations with historic bell towers, heritage-minded departments, and night-shift crews order this nocturne for duty and station wear. Preservation campaigns have used commemorative runs to fund tower restorations — the patch sells the cause. Anniversary versions date the base band.
Custom fire station 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 station patch questions
Can the tower be ours, even if it's gone?
Yes — archival photos redraw as faithfully as standing towers. Stations have put demolished towers back on the shoulder this way.
Does the glow moon work?
Glow thread charges in daylight and shows at night — on a nocturne design it's the natural upgrade, and it adds no production time.
Can a restoration campaign sell this patch?
That's been done successfully — a public iron-on run at the $5.50 tier retails at patch-collector prices and funds real masonry.
What's the silver-on-black version for?
Formal and memorial wear — same art, cooler register. Both colorways can share one quote.
How do we start?
Tower photo attached, base wording in the markup tool, quote submitted — the 4-hour mockup rings true or we redraw it.
Listening for other bells?
Heritage nocturnes suit stations with history to show — the fire patch lineup from working crosses to apparatus portraits covers the daylight traditions. For the practical build-and-budget read, the custom patch overview with all tiers and materials is the short route.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.