The mark consists of a curved black shield with a yellow and black border. Inside the shield is a red Maltese cross outlined in yellow and made up of four sections. The following words appear in yellow in clockwise order, one in each section of the Maltese cross: "DURHAM", "RESCUE", "HIGHWAY", "FIRE". Overlaid on the Maltese cross is a blue star of life outlined in black. The staff in the star of life is white, and the snake around the staff is yellow. Overlaid on the star of life is a set of axes that are crossing each other in the center angled out diagonally. The handles of the axes are white, and the tops of the axes are red. Overlaid over the axes is a firefighter's helmet that is black and white. Below the Maltese cross appears the wording "WAKE CO." and "N.C." in yellow.
The color(s) red, blue, white, yellow, and black is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
"DURHAM HIGHWAY FIRE RESCUE WAKE CO. N.C."