Vehicle Striping Lettering Decal Installation Removal Requirements 2025.pdf

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Vehicle Striping, Lettering & Decal Installation & Removal State and local contract opportunity
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78-2025-15
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Madison County, Alabama

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This document appears to be a detailed specification manual for vehicle decals and lettering for various departments within the City of Huntsville, Alabama. The specifications cover multiple vehicle types for departments including Animal Services, Fire & Rescue, Police K9 units, Security, Parking Enforcement, Landscape Management, Fleet Management, and Public Transit. The document provides precise guidelines for vinyl decal placement, reflective lettering sizes, font types (primarily Helvetica Bold and Souvenir Bold), colors, and application techniques. Each department's vehicle has unique requirements for text size, color, and placement, with most specifications calling for 7mil, 7-9 year Scotchlite reflective vinyl or equivalent materials.

The City of Huntsville will supply most decals, badges, and door emblems for these vehicles. The specifications are extremely detailed, specifying exact dimensions for lettering (ranging from 1.25" to 2.75"), precise color requirements (including reflective black, red, gold, and white), and specific placement instructions. The documents include multiple photographic examples of vehicle applications across different city departments, showing how the decal and lettering specifications are implemented in practice. The comprehensive nature of the document suggests a systematic approach to vehicle branding and identification across the city's various service departments, with a focus on visibility, professionalism, and consistent visual communication.

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DECAL

Decal to be supplied by the City of Huntsville.

LETTERING

Black Letering cast vinyl – 7 yr. 2.75”

Gold Reflec�ve A7 7 yr.

Outline/Background on text. 3”

NO OUTLINE

No outline on dogs or cats.

9” black

LETTERING

2.75” Black Letering cast vinyl – 7 yr.

3” Gold Reflec�ve A7, 7

yr. Outline/Background on text.

NO OUTLINE

No outline on dogs or cats. 3” black

DECAL & BADGE

Decals and badge for Fire to be supplied by the City of Huntsville.

TEXT/UNIT NUMBER

Decals for Fire to be supplied by the City of Huntsville.

STRIPE

3” Reflec�ve Stripe Black 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent.

GAP

Approximately 1/2” Gap between Stripe and Pin Stripe.

PIN-STRIPE

½” Black Stripe 2 mil 7-year vinyl, non-reflec�ve.

BADGE

Badge to be supplied by the City of Huntsville.

TEXT

2.75” Reflec�ve Black 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent. Souvenir bold with 15% right slant.

2.5” Reflec�ve Letering Black 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl or equiv. Helve�ca Bold.

2” Reflec�ve Letering Black 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl or equiv.

Helve�ca Bold.

TEXT

2.75” Reflec�ve Letering Red 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl

DOG DECAL/RED K9

FONT

No outline, Dog Black 9” reflec�ve, Text Red reflec�ve .750”

K9 NAME

FONT – approx.

3” freestyle script

Scotchlite. Helve�ca Bold

K9 TEXT

2.75” Reflec�ve Letering Red 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl or equiv. Helve�ca Bold.

TEXT

1.25” Reflec�ve Letering Black Scotchlite.

Souvenir Bold

DOOR EMBLEM

Emblem is to be furnished by the City of Huntsville.

DOOR TEXT

2.75” Upper/Lower Case Reflec�ve Black Souvenir Bold 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl or equivalent. 15-degree slant to the right.

K9 TEXT

2.75” Reflec�ve Letering Red 7mil, 7–9-year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl

2” Reflec�ve Letering Black 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl or equivalent.

Helve�ca Bold

STRIPE

2” Reflec�ve Stripe Black 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent.

GAP

Approximately 1/4” Gap between Stripe and Pin Stripe.

PIN-STRIPE

1/4” Black Stripe 2 mil 7-year vinyl, non-reflec�ve.

DOG DECAL/RED K9 NAME/ FONT

No outline, Dog White 9” reflec�ve, Text Red reflec�ve .750”

Name – Approx. 2.5” White, TBD per vehicle

TEXT

2” Reflec�ve Letering Black 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl or equivalent.

Helve�ca Bold

Scotchlite. Helve�ca Bold

TEXT

1.25” Reflec�ve Letering Black Scotchlite.

Souvenir Bold

K9 TEXT

2.75” Reflec�ve Letering Red 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite reflec�ve vinyl or equiv. Helve�ca Bold.

FRONT TAG

2” Black or Blue Reflec�ve Letering TBD by department. 7mil, 7– 9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent. Helve�ca Bold.

2” Reflec�ve Letering Blue.

7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent. Helve�ca Bold

3” Reflec�ve Stripe Blue 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent.

GAP

Approximately 1/4” Gap between Stripe and Pin Stripe.

PIN-STRIPE

½” Gold Stripe 2 mil 7-year vinyl, non-reflec�ve.

Blue. 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or

Bold furnished by the City of Huntsville.

1.25” Reflec�ve Letering Blue.

7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent. Helve�ca Bold

UNIT NUMBER

2” Reflec�ve Letering Blue.

or equivalent. Helve�ca Bold

2” Reflec�ve Stripe Blue 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent.

1.5” Reflec�ve Letering Blue.

7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent. Helve�ca Bold furnished by the City of Huntsville.

DEPT/UNIT NUMBER

Example of Dept/Unit number only.

Example of Unit number only.

DEPT/UNIT NUMBER

Example of Dept/Unit number only in blue.

Example of Unit number only.

DEPT

Example of Department only in red.

1.5” Reflec�ve Letering White. 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or equivalent. Souvenir

White. 7mil, 7–9 year Scotchlite vinyl or

1.5” Reflec�ve Letering White.

or equivalent. Souvenir Bold

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