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Gettysburg Fire Department

Uniform Policy

� All past Fire Chief’s will receive a badge during the awards banquet indicating

Past Chief. * Note the department is responsible to purchase for all past and future

past chiefs.

� All past President’s will receive a badge during the awards banquet indicating

Past President. * Note the department is responsible to purchase for all past and

future past presidents.

� All firefighter of the year’s recipients past and future will receive a red bar as

indicated in section B-I. * Note the department is responsible to purchase for all

past and future award recipients.

� All Valor Award recipients past and future will receive a gold bar as indicated in

B-I. * Note the department is responsible to purchase for all past and future

award recipients.

� Note the only 2 positions to be recognized as past will be those said above.

Class A:

A. Hat: Bell Cap (Keystone Cap Company)

a. Non-ranking personnel will wear blue hat with silver band

i. Model R8

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b. Fire Officers will wear white hat with gold band

i. Model R8A

c. Administrative Officers will wear blue hat with silver band

i. Model R8

d. Rain cover may be worn

e. Gettysburg Badge with single stud rank appropriate (Blackinton B-30

with an A2857 - ¾” insert with Firefighter written in the top and#1 at

the bottom.)

i. Non-ranking members with silver badge

ii. Administrative officers with silver badge (Blackinton B-30

with an A2857 - ¾” insert with appropriate rank written in the

top and#1 at the bottom.)

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iii. Fire officers & Past Chief’s will wear rank-appropriate gold

Blackinton B-30; insert is to match collar brass with

appropriate title, and a 1 at the bottom.

B. Blouse Coat:

a. Navy Blue Double-Breasted Fetcheimer style 38804

b. Buttons will have the imprinted FD logo

c. Gettysburg Fire Department Patch on left shoulder, centered 1” below

seam

d. Members name plate on right breast pocket centered on top of pocket

on lower seam

i. Nameplate will be an A7239

ii. Non-ranking members are silver

iii. Administrative Officers are silver

iv. Fire officers with gold

e. 3/8” GFD collar brass on both collars

i. Outside corners 1” from point of collar, level

ii. Non-ranking personnel with silver

iii. Administrative Officers are silver

iv. Fire officers with gold

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f. Non-ranking personnel’s coats will have silver buttons

g. Administrative Officers coats will have silver buttons

h. Fire officers & Past Fire Chief’s will wear silver buttons

i. Fire officers & Past Chief’s will have ½” gold stripes sewn

onto sleeve starting 3” from cuff, ¼” apart.

ii. Fire Chief & Past Chief 5 stripes

iii. Deputy Fire Chief 4 stripes

iv. Assistant Fire Chief 3 stripes

v. Captain 2 stripes

vi. Lieutenant 1 stripe

i. Administrative officers will wear silver brass and buttons; will also

wear regardless of rank one silver stripe around cuff 3” from end of

sleeve.

j. Medals and ribbons

1. Placed highest honor to lowest center over nameplate

(listed in order).

2. Medal of valor -- Blackinton A7177

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3. Firefighter of the year -- Blackinton A4616A solid red

bar with gold trim

4. Eugene S. Sickles Award – Blackinton A4616H white

with a star

C. Shirt:

a. Elbecco model 3319 long sleeve

i. Non-ranking wear French blue

ii. Current Fire officers wear white

iii. Administrative officers, Past Chiefs, & Past Presidents will

wear French blue

iv. Non-ranking wear silver FD scramble 1” centered from point

of collar. (Blackinton) 2886 15/16”

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v. Fire officers past and present wear crossed bugles (Blackinton)

1. Fire chief 5 crossed A2871

2. Deputy Chief 4 crossed A4280

3. Assistant Chief 3 crossed A2873

4. Captain 2 crossed A2874

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5. Lieutenant 1 A2876

vi. Gold / Silver name plate same as blouse coat

b. Gettysburg Fire Department Patch on left shoulder, centered 1” below

seam

D. Tie:

a. Black

b. Silver or Gold tie clip

E. Belt:

a. Plain Black

b. Officers wear gold buckle

c. Administrative Officers wear silver buckle

d. Non-ranking personnel wear silver buckle

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F. Trousers:

a. Plain Navy Blue model 38200

G. Socks:

a. Navy blue or black

b. Calf height

H. Shoes:

a. Black high gloss

I. Gloves:

a. White

Class B

A. To be same as Class A with the following changes

a. Hat will not be worn

b. Tie may not be worn

c. Shirt may be short-sleeve

Class C

A. Golf style shirt

a. Blue for non-ranking

b. White for ranking

c. Short or long sleeve

B. Navy / Dark blue duty pants

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C. Black polished steel toe shoes

Class D

A. Golf Shirt

a. Blue for non-ranking

b. White for ranking

c. Short or long sleeve

d. Khaki shorts or trousers

e. Appropriate footwear (example no flip-flops)

f. White socks

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Adopted by the Gettysburg Fire Department General Meeting – August 8, 2007