helmet color! what does it mean????

ok what colors of helmets does your dept use and what do they mean?????? My dept uses White,Red,Black,Yellow,Blue,and Orange. White= Chief Red= Captain Black= Lt Yellow= firefighter Blue= Safty Orange= Rookie

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Permalink Reply by Matt Hadfield on March 23, 2008 at 9:46pm

In my department we use white, red, yellow, and black.

White=Chief, Deputy Chief, Asst. Chief
Red=Lieutenant
Yellow=Captain
Black=Firefighter
Everyone wears 1010's with the exception of the probies they wear the morning pride we call them "domes" but the modern style helmet instead of the traditional. When the probie graduates from the academy then they get their 1010.

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Permalink Reply by Chrystal Jenkins on March 23, 2008 at 9:46pm

White-Chief Red- Captain & Lt. Black- Firefighter Blue-Safety Yellow- Jr. firefighters.....

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Permalink Reply by Don Zimmerman on March 23, 2008 at 9:54pm

Green is safety, suit and tie the mayor, Officers red, Command staff white, firefighters yellow.

Check NFPA for the actual correct way to do it. There is a method to the method.

Zimm

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Permalink Reply by R.J. Schall on March 23, 2008 at 10:23pm

On my fire department, the colors are:

Chief and 2 assistant chief's: White
Captains: Red
Lieutenants: Yellow
Safety Officer: Blue
Trainee's: Blk w/ red 'TRAINEE' Rockers
Firefighters: Black w/ 'FIREFIGHTER' rockers

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Permalink Reply by EFD 960 on March 23, 2008 at 10:47pm

White=chiefs
Red=captains
Yellow= Lt.
Black=firefighters

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Permalink Reply by Dusty Baize on March 23, 2008 at 11:26pm

we use red, yellow, white and black. White=chief, Red=captain, Black=LT., Yellow=firefighter

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Permalink Reply by Captain Hays on March 23, 2008 at 11:37pm

City of College Place, Washington uses.

White = Chief / Asst Chief / Fire Marshal

Red = Captain / Lt

Black = Firefighter

Yellow = Firefighter / Rookie

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Permalink Reply by Dominic Santulli on March 23, 2008 at 11:54pm

White=Chief Black= Everyone else. White Shieldsw/ Black numbers Lts. White shields w/ red lettering Ex-chief. Orange shield probie.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Harris on March 24, 2008 at 12:25am

we use White=chief red=captain yellow=Lt. black=firefighter black with orange refleters= Jr firefighter.

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Permalink Reply by Greenman on March 24, 2008 at 12:38am

FireSiren,

Some of us have been around a while and have seen these discussions before, but now that we have over, what...15,000 of us, some discussions are going to happen again...with new folks doing the inputting!

If it's a discussion you've seen "ad infinitum" then simply don't participate in that particular discussion. As someone once said, "There is nothing new under the sun."

GM

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Permalink Reply by Greenman on March 24, 2008 at 12:44am

Here's my question about helmet colors: Does anyone know what the San Francisco helmet colors mean? I've been watching The Battalion (www.thebattalion.tv) and it seems the Truckies have Red and White panels on the their Black helmets. Is that correct? Do Engineers/Drivers use different colors?

Also, with so many different helmet color schemes, is there an NFPA standard for helmet color designations?

GM