Building the Fire Department Patch

We have been asked to redesign the fire department's logo and patch!

Here is their current patch design....

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And here is a better version you could use to trace....

Now, he also wants the American flag in the design, sooooooo one idea is-

and other info from our client, "We have a slogan that we adopted a few years back "Neighbors Helping Neighbors."  That may be something to also incorporate. 

Here are some examples of words in the badges....

Here is another link to more ideas for symbols in the badge... http://www.signology.com/firefighterSymbols.php