Battenberg mark

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An ambulance in England
An English police motorcycle with reflective sheeting
English police car with Battenberg.
Scottish ambulance vehicle
City of London police van with Battenberg halfway marked

Battenberg or Battenburg markings are a special form of luminous color markings mainly on vehicles of blue light organizations in various European countries as well as Australia , New Zealand and Hong Kong , and since 2017 also in the Bavarian rescue service. The name refers to the similar appearance of a Battenberg cake .

history

Battenberg markings were developed in England in the mid-1990s for the police authorities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and then also used by private rescue organizations to ensure maximum visibility during the day and night.

To do this, it uses the contrast of a light neon and a dark color, arranged in alternating rectangles on the sides of the vehicle.

use

United Kingdom

In the UK, three quarters of all emergency services have used Battenberg since 2003.

Rescue workers mainly use green, the police blue, ambulances green and the fire brigade red as the basic color.

Battenberg markings in the UK
Battenburg-police.svg police Neon yellow / blue
Battenburg-ambulance.svg Ambulances and emergency doctors Neon yellow / green
Battenburg-fire.svg fire Department Neon yellow / red
Battenburg-highways.svg Motorway Police Neon yellow / black
Battenburg-rail.svg Network Rail Blue / orange
Battenburg-mountain.svg Mountain rescue in England and Wales White / orange
Battenburg-coastguard.svg Coast guard Neon yellow / navy blue
HM Prison Service White black

Germany

This type of warning marking is also beginning to gain acceptance in Germany. Since 2017, almost all uniformly procured rescue vehicles in Bavaria have also been wrapped in the Battenburg marking. Cars in the Bavarian rescue service have a modification and are based on the VESBA design of the police at the rear. Starting in 2019, vehicles procured for the service providers in Schleswig-Holstein were also introduced based on the Bavarian concept (large areas of bright red and bright yellow checks). In the area of ​​the fire brigade , the Mettmann volunteer fire brigade began wrapping its vehicle fleet in the Battenberg pattern in 2018: retroreflective yellow rectangles were glued to a red fluorescent base film in order to increase both day and night visibility.

Other countries

Battenberg is also used in the following countries:

  • Hong Kong
  • Ireland
  • New Zealand
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • In the CSSR, the police vehicles (verejna bezpecnost-public security) were also painted in the Battenberg design.
  • Airport vehicles have also been seen in the Battenberg design (black and yellow) for a long time

See also

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