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Kalmthout (Municipality, Province of Antwerp, Belgium)

Flag of Kalmthout - Image by Filip van Laenen, 30 September 2001

Flag of Kalmthout
Fire warning flags in the Kalmthout Heath

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Flag of Kalmthout

Kalmthout is located in the arrondissement of Antwerp.

The flag was adopted by Municipal decision 24 April 1989, confirmed by Ministerial decision 20 July 1989.

Source: Van evers en heiligen. Wapens en vlaggen van de gemeenten in de provincie Antwerpen [pbd98]

Jarig Bakker, 30 September 2001

Fire warning flags in the Kalmthout Heath

Situated roughly between Antwerp and the Belgian-Dutch border, the Kalmthout Heath (Kalmthoutse Heide) is a well-known nature reserve showing how Kempen region looked like before intensive afforestation and population.

Two rectangular warning flags are in use (if hoisting one of them is necessary, that is): the orange one indicates that smoking and fire making are prohibited; if the red one is hoisted, the central grazing area (for sheep and cows) is declared out of bounds.
A film clip from local TV station ATV (16 July 2006) shows a guard holding forth on the risk of fire, a panel showing both warning flags and an orange flag flying in the background.

Jan Mertens, 3 December 2006

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