State Fire-Brigade Federation Styria (Austria) (original) (raw)
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](../images/a/at%5Flfv-st.gif)by M. Schm�ger, 2 October 2007
The organization
There are umbrella organizations on district, state and federal level. The organization on the federal level is the_Österreichischer Bundesfeuerwehrverband_ (Austrian Federal Fire-Brigade Federation), the state level organizations are called_Landesfeuerwehrverband_ (State Fire-Brigade Federation).
The symbol
The symbol commonly used by the Austrian fire brigades is a shield-shaped emblem:
Gules, a bend sinister Argent, over all a cogwheel Or under a torch Or, all surrounded by a bordure Or.
According to http://www.bundesfeuerwehrverband.at/oebfv/index.php?id=172:
"Das 1970 geschaffene Korpsabzeichen symbolisiert die Tätigkeit der Feuerwehr: Die Flamme als Zeichen der Brandbekämpfung und das Zahnrad als Zeichen des technischen Einsatzes im Dienst des österreichischen Volkes, was durch den rot-weiß-roten Wappengrund ausgedrückt wird."
("The corps emblem created 1970 symbolizes the occupation of the fire-brigade: the flame as a sign of firefighting and the cogwheel as a sign of the technical mission in the service of the Austrian people, the latter symbolized by the red-white-red field of the shield.")
Image sources for the emblem:
http://www.bundesfeuerwehrverband.at/
http://www.oebfv.at/catalog/images/produktbilder/04-099.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Korpsabzeichen-FFOE.jpg
The flag
The Bundesfeuerwehrverband and the Landesfeuerwehrverbände use flags of a common pattern, namely the national flag or the state flags, respectively (in this case theStyrian colours white-green), charged with the fire-brigade symbol. These are, as far as I know, only used as vertical, hanging flags.
Image source:
http://www.feuerwehr-kapfenberg.com/images/stories/bilder/Benefiz/benefiz290907huber_19.jpg
M. Schm�ger, 2 October 2007 / 4 October 2007 / 9 October 2007
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