I hate SCBA seats!

I realize that scba seats are a great way of getting more air packs on a truck but I absolutely hate them!

I have caught hell for not donning the scba on the way to a fire, but I know from experience that I can don an scba faster on the ground. Most times in our dept. it is almost impossible to be in the airpack and buckled in before everybody is ready to go, so I have at times been getting into the pack as we are moving, which I do not feel is safe. And yes I have put the seatbelt on after donning the pack and been stuck! At 6'3" and 300 pounds there is not much room for me in the jump seat anyway! What do you guys think about SCBA seats, is it really that important for the first due to be fully packed up when you hit the ground? Am I way out of line in my thinking?

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Permalink Reply by Don Catenacci on May 18, 2013 at 10:28pm

Again...seems like MY kind of guy!

By the way John, it takes a tool to recognize a tool!!

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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on May 18, 2013 at 10:34pm

:-)

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Permalink Reply by Don Catenacci on May 18, 2013 at 10:44pm

Indeed!!

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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on May 19, 2013 at 1:58am

Just gotta say the rattlesnake trumps the beard! Nice picture.

Seriously, glad to hear you shaved your mandible.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Conrad on May 19, 2013 at 1:31pm

Yeah, I was cultivating quite an image at the time. I was playing bass on the bar circuit quite a lot back in the day. Tony Lama boots, brokedown resistol hat. worn blue jeans and a worn shirt. Full beard, hair down to my shoulders and mirrored Ray-Ban aviators. Man was I cool back then!