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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 Chris Provost on
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Chiefs = White
All others black. helmet shield denotes rank and company
Capt/Lt. - white shield : Red # = truck, black # = engine, Blue # = Rescue
FF- black shield : Red # = truck, White # = engine, Blue # = Rescue
Probies wear Orange shields
Support Personnel wear yellow helmets (i.e. Communications, Maintenance, etc...)
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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on
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In my departments the chiefs and asst. chiefs wear white, Caps and Lt's wear red, Firefighters wear black. The safety officers are usually chiefs or asst. chiefs so they wear white as well.
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Permalink Reply by Michael J Burke on
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Our Chiefs wear white and the Lt.'s where red. The remmaing Firefighters wear black with the four senior privates whereing a black helmet with the back two sections colored red. This is because when a Lt is out on vacation he/she is in charge. Our current chief has been issueing Cairns New Yorker's to all new Firefighters.
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Permalink Reply by Garry Russell on
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Big Stone Gap Fire Department
Chief and ast chief wears white
captain, lt and firefighters wear black
probies wear yellow
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Permalink Reply by Becky on
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My company has white, red, and variations on the black
White - chief and assistant chief
Red - Captain and Lieutenants
Black w/yellow tetrahedrons - interior firefighter
Black w/orange tets - non-structural (exterior only) firefighter
Black w/orange tets & orange front shield - Junior
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Permalink Reply by Jake Fireman on
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Red and yellow Black and White..they are precious in his sight....ohhh ooooops...wrong subject. What color turnouts do you wear? Do your suspenders match or clash? Boots?
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Dalgarno on
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chief = white
deputy chiefs = white
captains = red
firefighters = yellow
Andrew
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Permalink Reply by Kathy Appleby on
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white=chief, black=firefighter, blue=ems, red=probie, yellow=explorer
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Permalink Reply by James Tell Benson on
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Colby, Ks-Volunteer
White-Chief,Asst. Chief
Red-Service Office, Captains, Lt's.
Yellow-Firefighters
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Permalink Reply by Eric Roberts on
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white chief, deputy chief
black w/white shields caps, Lts To. with 2 reflective pin strips on caps and 1 on Lts
black w/black shields FF
all FF are 1044s with flip downs and defenders
yellow probies with a three big purple Ps on them
red for jr ff traing onley
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Permalink Reply by Mick Mayers on
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Like a bystander at a train wreck, I happened upon this thread that I have managed to avoid for over a year. Since we are now at eleven pages of comments (the first two pages of what I have read), it is apparently a popular subject. I also concur that there's no reason to beat anyone up for asking a question, but I worry sometimes about the questions, given the subjects I see regularly.
It's no wonder we can't have a unified fire service. We can't even agree on a helmet color. I wonder what will happen if we have to make a unifying decision on something important, like say, what qualifies someone to continue to fight fires, or what language we will use on the radio?
It isn't the aesthetics of our job that save lives, it is the knowledge base. As much as I like the color of my fire apparatus and the type of helmet I use (and color), we have some important issues to work through that I'd love to see eleven pages of fruitful comment on. As far as helmet color, feel free to discuss it and enjoy it. I certainly agree that a color code is important for quick recognition of rank or qualifications in an emergency. But as for the very serious and deep conversations, let's weigh in on those as well.
Stay safe and let's all go home in the morning.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Still got the gold helmet in your locker?
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