Talk:Battenburg markings

message: This article claimed that the black-and-white and blue-and-white chequer patterns came from the vehicle usage into uniforms etc, and grew to be generally associated as a symbol of the police.
This is incorrect. The Sillitoe Tartan chequer pattern has a long history (since the 1930s), and is used in many countries throughout the world (e.g. Australia, USA).
Mauls 01:34, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's true, and it was considered fortunate during testing, although I believe the addition of the retro-reflective 'battenburg' style uniform stripes post dates the introduction of battenburg on vehicles.  I will try and find a source for this.  Owain.davies 07:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uniforms etc. 

message: As I read it, it seems to be supported by a reference to a law which enacts EU regulations for vehicle lighting, rather than markings applied to a vehicle. John Nevard (talk) 00:58, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the statement with regards to colors allowed by civilians correct? 

message: "The First Swiss Ambulanz Service with Battenburg markings is the ems service in Zofingen. Since 2008 they have battenburg markings on a Volkswagen Crafter and a Marcedes Sprinter. They use white/red colored markings on their ALS Units. Other services with a kind of battenburg markings is the Swiss border Patrol. They use lemon on blue markings."
Needs tidying up.
Is "First Swiss Ambulanz Service" or "First Swiss" the name of the service?  Or does it mean "The first Swiss ambulance service with ...."?
Presumably "Swiss Border Patrol" is the name of the organisation so I will capitalise "Border".
Excuse my ignorance but what is "ALS"? --jmb (talk) 22:14, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: ALS is the acronym for Advanced Life Support (usually indicating the application of advanced airway control, intravenous access, and medication administration). This can occur in-hospital or in the field (as in the case of ambulance services). --Jbmcgyver (talk) 18:19, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Switzerland 

message: "The first use of the battenburg markings in the USA was by Wilton Emergency Medical Service in Wilton, Connecticut, starting in 2008"
This seems to be earlier: http://www.firehouse.com/forums/showpost.php?p=829791&postcount=44 (Later pics in the thread seem to show that both the yellow and red are reflective) Aldaden (talk) 02:25, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: United States of America

message: I tossed a message onto the page of the person who changed UK's Blue and Orange from Rail Response to Civil Defense asking for a source. I wasn't aware of a change in who it belonged to, but if someone else has a source, or source that disproves this then feel free to use it/make appropriate edits & corrections, since the change was by an IP user.
--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 02:53, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Given that the UK hasn't had Civil Defence since 1968 except in the Isle of Man, who use plain blue vehicles with white writing, i'm going to say this in bunk, so i've reverted it.  The Irish civil defence do use orange and blue, but they aren't in the United Kingdom. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 19:26, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Alright then, thanks for confirming my suspicions.--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 03:27, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK Blue and Orange - Civil Defense or Rail Response? 

message: A user has proposed merging with Silitoe Tartan, but not started a talk dicsussion.
*Oppose - Silitoe tartan and battenburg are deliberately similar as designed, but quite separate histories. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 10:45, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with Silitoe Tartan 

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message: I have deleted HM Prison Service, black and white, from the list. As far as I know (e.g. see this) prison vans do not use reflective side markings (Battenburg), although they sometimes have a black and white chequer on the front. I may be wrong, but this is a case where a source is needed. Pol098 (talk) 14:27, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not HM Prison Service 

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message: I think, Battenberg is more correct form of the name. --Nolanus (talk) 23:00, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I would argue otherwise. The UK's government have referred to "battenburg" in explanatory notes in reference a regulation. This is noteworthy because the UK must be the most prolific user of battenburg markings. The article also focuses heavily on the British and crown dependency's use of them.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 07Alpha55 (talk • contribs) 20:28, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battenberg - more correct name