Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
Both SportKilt and USA Kilts donate a portion of the proceeds - the former to the National Fallen Firefighters Association and the later to the Leary Firefighters Foundation.

Interesting to read the design ideas.

In both the red is for fire (USA Kilts includes the fire engines too)

for SportKilt the black and gold are for turnouts.

for USA Kilts the black is for the fallen firefighters

SportKilt has white for water

USA Kilts has green and gold for the strong Irish heritage of the fire service.

USA Kilts also adds a 3-4-3 pattern of red thread through the black in honor of the 343 NYC firefighters who died 9/11/01

There's only one answer here - buy one of each!


This is the USA Kilt Firefighters Memorial tartan in their semi-traditional model.

Hmmm, pleats look out of focus in that shot. Lets try another one.
Thanks for this info Ron, very informative!

Sharp kilt Tatonka! I agree for your service and the dedication it took to earn it go with the badge.