Roanoke City Fire Patches

Below are the Patches of the Roanoke Fire Department, Roanoke Fire-EMS Department, and Roanoke City EMS. I do not have the exact dates for everything, and I am relying on my readers to assist me in documenting them. If you know of any to add, let me know. I do have one more patch to add, but I do not have the image of it yet. So consider it a surprise. As far as I know, the first patch of the Roanoke Fire Department was the first one below. Prior to that patch, the men wore Class "A" (Suit) type dress. The men would take off their coats and put on a fire coat. If you go way back to the Volunteers (1882-1907) the men might have worn overalls, or suits depending. The badges that the men wore were a different story. Currently we are given a badge when we are hired. When we are promoted we are given a different one. The thing is that there is no personalization. No badge number like they had in the past. You aren't allowed to keep your firefighter badge when you get promoted. I think that if you had a badge number, and a badge that had the number on it, that it would mean a lot to the firefighters.

Roanoke Fire Department
? - 1970's
This Patch is referred to as the Sealtest Patch because it looks like the same as the Sealtest Logo shown to the right.











Roanoke Fire Department
Firefighter's Patch
Late 1970's - 1996
This Patch is referred to as the "Blue Patch". If you were hired before the merger you are a "Blue Patch" according to some.








Roanoke Fire Department
Officer's Patch
Late 1970's - 1996









Roanoke Fire Department
Chief's Patch
Late 1970's - 1996









Roanoke Fire Department
Administrative Patch








Roanoke Fire-EMS Department
1996-Current









Roanoke City EMS
1985-1996










Roanoke Fire-EMS
Roanoke Regional Airport
Airport Rescue Fire Fighting







Roanoke Fire Department
Roanoke Regional Airport
Airport Rescue Fire Fighting
Pre- Merge





Roanoke EMS - Volunteers and Part-time EMS

Thanks to Travis Collins for scanning these images. Look for them soon at The Maurice Wiseman Project.