2 patterns of cap badge exist for the post 1974 Somerset Fire Brigade, the dragon in the badge design is seen to hold a mace & there are 2 variations of this, both blue & black mace examples ! With 24 fire stations covering 1,335 square miles of area, it changed its badge design in 2004 when the brigade changed it's title to Fire & Rescue Service. This only lasted till 2007 so Somerset Fire & Rescue badges are particularly desired by collectors as the brigade merged with Devon to form Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service.
This 1974 to 2004 Somerset Fire Brigade cap badge is the blue mace variation, manufactured by Mike Trueman Badges of Birmingham who were official cap badge suppliers to the brigade of the later & last batches of Somerset Fire Brigade . It has the enamel centre fixed to the standard fully pressed Home Office star by 2 straps, both cap fixing lugs are intact to the rear of the cap badge.