page_title: Battenburg markings
section_title: Belgium
hierarchical_section_title: Battenburg markings / Usage / Belgium
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Belgische ambulances Dringende Geneeskundige Hulpverlening met Battenburgkleuren op het Nationaal Defilé van 21 juli 2018 (achterkant) Français&#160;: Ambulances Aide Médicale Urgente belges avec couleurs "Battenburg" au défilé national le 21 juillet 2018 (arrière) English: Belgian Emergency Medical Assistance ambulances with Battenburg colors during the National Parade on July 21, 2018 (backside)
context_page_description: Battenburg markings or Battenberg markings are a pattern of high-visibility markings used primarily on the sides of emergency service vehicles in the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies, British Overseas Territories, several other European countries as well as in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, and Trinidad and Tobago. The name comes from its similarity in appearance to the cross-section of a Battenberg cake.
context_section_description: In response to the terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015 in Paris and 22 March 2016 in Brussels, the Belgian federal government conducted an analysis on the functioning of the emergency services during terrorist attacks. The main issue identified regarding the emergency medical services was that their recognizability (of both vehicles and personnel) had to improve, so that emergency workers would be able to identify qualified medical providers quicker during an intervention. An agreement was made between the federal government and the Communities and Regions to implement the same new vehicle markings and uniforms. Specifically, emergency ambulances and response vehicles would keep the yellow base color, whilst non-emergency ambulances would get a white base color. Both types of vehicles would be marked with retroreflective yellow/green Battenburg markings, similar to British ambulances. A new uniform for medical personnel was also introduced, with different colors for the Star of Life for the different types of workers.
  Aside from medical vehicles, some new fire brigade, Civil Protection and highway services vehicles also use respectively yellow/red, blue/orange and yellow/black Battenburg markings.
caption: New Belgian emergency ambulances with Battenburg markings (2018)
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