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Upon getting lockers in my firehouse, I've decided it might not be a bad idea to use a bag system. This would mean putting various tools into bags with each bag being for certain calls. (an extrication bag, a cold weather bag, etc.)
Does anyone have any ideas of what bags to make/ what to put in the bags?
So far I was thinking:
Extrication bag: Extrication gloves, latex exam gloves, spare seatbelt cutter
Cold weather bag: Knit hat, knit mittens, hand warmers, spare socks
A little background, I'm in a north/central New Jersey department, we do more structure fires and MVAs. We don't do medical, we don't do too many brush fires.
Does anyone have any ideas of what bags to make/ what to put in the bags?
So far I was thinking:
Extrication bag: Extrication gloves, latex exam gloves, spare seatbelt cutter
Cold weather bag: Knit hat, knit mittens, hand warmers, spare socks
A little background, I'm in a north/central New Jersey department, we do more structure fires and MVAs. We don't do medical, we don't do too many brush fires.
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Permalink Reply by Jason Brooks on
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Get a small duffle bag with extra socks, gloves, hood, TP, etc. You don't need more than one.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Just use Hefty Cinch Sacks. They're inexpensive, an entire roll of them fits into your locker, and they're waterproof.
They come in a variety of sizes, too. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Tony P on
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I can see a lot of merit in this concept. Except for us, as we use commercial vehicle cabs, once the crew is inside there's no room for bags!
We have two types of PPE, structural and wildfire. With this, I keep any extras I need, gloves masks etc, in the pockets of each. Tools? I think that's what the truck is for, the only one I carry is a rescue knife.
I do have two wildfire bags. One carries medication, camera, radio, snackpacks etc. and is for the truck itself (it fits because it's my old Army bumbag - small). The other is for clothing etc for long haul strike teams, where we go for two or three days. This larger bag stays at the provided accomodation.
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LA City's newest engines have a coffin-type compartment for crew Task Force deployment bags atop the engine. This compartment is located between the hose bed and the top of the pump enclosure. It makes sense for the crew to have spare uniforms, toiletries, personal survival gear, and their wildfire/USAR PPE when they're in a system that can send them 500 miles away to an earthquake or major wildfire on a moment's notice.
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That's a nice touch Ben! There's plenty of room on our wildfire attack vehicles (which we call "Tankers") but it's not enclosed like the ones you mention. So the first out crew for a long-haul Strike Team would put their bags on the back and then leave them at the Staging Area. Changeover crews (we do three day tours on long running fires) carry their stuff with them, usually by coach. Our city-based career firefighters do very little wildfire work, that stuff falls to the outer-suburban and country volunteers. We do more wildfire training and have the 4WD trucks as well.
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We actually had one of their pumpers at our place for a demo before it was delivered to them.
We had to do a little digging to find out what the coffin compartment was for.
They had CAFS with pump and roll capability as well.
An interesting thing about that pumper was that it was painted black-over-red instead of their standard all red. We asked if LA was going to Chicago-style paint schemes, and the salesman told us that they were not. Apparently, LA uses the black cap tops so that the chiefs can differentiate the CAFS pumpers from the standard pumpers at a glance. Pretty smart move, in my book.
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