are giving their personnel the capability of pinning on their pink custom badge in support of this horrible disease.īut the good news doesn’t stop there. Now, every October a growing number of public safety organizations (e.g., fire, EMS, and law enforcement) across the U.S.
Today, Blackinton’s boasts a Breast Cancer Awareness line of their top selling badges with a pink finish, and the company can now offer most of its badge styles in pink. Those discussions led Blackinton to become the first company in its industry to develop a pink-finished departmental badge that could be worn by fire and EMS and law enforcement professionals during Breast Cancer Awareness month. Around 2012, Blackinton was approached by several fire departments looking for ways their personnel could show their support for breast cancer awareness –especially personnel for whom wearing a pink duty t-shirt was not an option – using the symbol that is close to their heart: Their departmental badge. In addition to its longevity and history of producing quality badges and insignia for public safety agencies, Blackinton is an innovative company. And it still calls Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts home. But don’t let that longevity fool you because today it is the largest manufacturer of public safety badges and uniform insignia in the United States. ( Blackinton) is a privately held and family-owned company that has been designing and manufacturing badges and uniform insignia since 1852. For many years, many fire departments have taken to wearing specially designed pink (the breast cancer awareness color) duty t-shirts to show their support for breast cancer victims, survivors and their caregivers during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Unfortunately, too many people know someone who is fighting, or has fought, a battle with breast cancer.
One of the most visible examples is the use of pink, a color that’s become universally associated with breast cancer awareness around the world.
Many of those awareness-raising efforts have adopted a “supporting” color as an unspoken means for supporters to publicly display their support for a particular cause and raise awareness for programs that assist those in need and provide information for prevention and treatment. Blackinton creates cause-related badges and custom designs so firefighters can wear their causes close to their hearts.
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