We are the black sheep. In talking about it and doing our research, we like the idea of a black ram or big-horned sheep wearing a fire helmet (custom drawn, not clipart). The fire helmet should look "salty" like the NO HOSE NATION picture.
We'd like to see your creativity with this project. A ram's skull wearing the helmet with a new york hook and a halligan bar or pike pole underneath the form the "crossbones" would be one cool idea. We don't want to be overly specific on one idea as we'd like to see different ideas from artists' creativity. If you need more inspiration than what we've listed, simply google "fire department patches" or check out this Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/RickyGrizzard/fire-patches/?autologin=true