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image by Zoltan Horvath, 1 May 2024
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Based on
https://cnslocallife.com the flag is blue with its badge in the middle of
the flag. Flag also seen at
https://www.caymancompass.com
Zoltan Horvath, 1 May
2024
This photo on
Flickr shows a flag for the Cayman Islands Fire Service. The flag is light blue,
with the Fire Service badge on a white background in the centre. The badge is of
the same basic design as that of (London's) Metropolitan Police - a many-rayed
star with a crown at the top, bearing a circular emblem. In the case of the
CIFS, this is the Cayman coat of arms, as it appears on the territory's flag, in
side a red border containing the black text " THE CAYMAN ISLANDS " / "FIRE
SERVICE". The white area surrounding the badge is separated from the field by a
black border, and is in the shape of a large circle (that would comfortably
include the star without crown) extended by a smaller partially overlapping
circle at the top, to include the crown.
Jonathan Dixon, 25 September 2010
The more accurate comparison is with what is referred to as the British Fire
Service badge, rather than that of the Metropolitan Police.
This badge is an eight pointed star (kind of like two squares placed on top of
each other) and that, according to the Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service, the
eight points of the star represent such qualities as tact, gallantry and so on.
See the interesting article here:
http://www.hantsfire.gov.uk/servicebadgesorigin which also states that the
origin of what they call the British Fire Service Badge was in the Maltese
Cross.
Variants of this fire service badge also tend to have a smaller number of minor
rays in between the eight large ones, such as the six on the Cayman Islands Fire
Service flag, whereas there are usually eight
depicted on the Metropolitan Police Service badge.
The coat of arms inside the circle is different from the one shown on the Cayman
Islands flag alongside it, in that there appears to be no red on the fire
service flag, only a pale blue field. The logo shown on the web site of the
Cayman Islands Fire Service quite clearly shows that the lion should be on a red
field, as in the main Cayman Islands flag.
Sources:
(1) Cayman Islands Fire Service web site,
as consulted 26 September 2010
(2) Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service
web site, as consulted 26 September 2010
Colin Dobson, 26 September 2010