BROOKLYN FIRE HOUSE PATCHES

Yesterday I went with my son to the FDNY Museum in Soho. Amazing visit! Despite the small size of the museum (an old fire house), they have a vast collection of hand painted helmets, buckets, old fire trucks and other memorabilia highlighting many war stories from the FDNY. Out of all the artifacts, a wall cover with New York fire houses patches caught my attention. I was really surprised how personal and “artsy” where those for such a non creative environment. By looking at those, you can tell that fire fighters are real warriors . Those embroidered twill patches reminded me some old vintage Vietnam or Korea war patches. I shot few of them on that wall and then went to the web to focus on the patches from my Brooklyn Borough. Bronx and Harlem got some sick ones as well. Here is few for you to enjoy. Respect to every fire fighter in New York!