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what do different colors of Fire helmets in your fire dept mean
in My station
White = chief, Deputy Chief, and Ass. Chief
Red = Captains
Blue = Lieutenants
Orange = Safety Officer
Black with green shield = sergeant
Black = just a firefighter
Yellow = Probies
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Permalink Reply by Gregory Werner on
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White- chief, deputy chief
red- captain
blue- ems
black or yellow- firefighter
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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Tyler, do a search on this topic, it has been covered ad nauseum several times over.
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Permalink Reply by paula beckham on
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white chief deputy chief
yellow with blue strip station officer two blue stripes senior station officer
yellow with red stripe qualified firefighter
yellow two red stripes senior firefighter
yellow firefighter
yellow red lettering recruit
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Permalink Reply by Moose on
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I dont think this matters.
In my area; Wannabe firefighters usually bake their helmets in the oven for a few hours to make it look salty and well used.
Others, we call them HAMS, wear so many decals on their lids we cant tell what color they are...
Glory Hounds usually spend hundreds of dollars getting a paint job for their lids with american flags, or "fight what you fear" logos...
We should focus on tactics, new techniques and tools, strategy...forget the helmet colors and light bar packages for your vehicle and what you carry in pockets.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Moyer on
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My Dept.
White= Chief and Deputy Chief
Red= Capt.
Yellow= Lieutenants
Black= Firefighter
Black Helmet Orange Shield= Probationary
Black Helmet Green Shield= Junior
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Permalink Reply by Derek R. on
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"what do different colors of Fire helmets in your fire dept mean"
Like everyone else, different colors mean different rolls. Let's people know who is FF and who is officer or chief. As long as you know what YOUR colors mean, and that of your MA dept.'s, that's all that matters. ...pretty much what Moose said.
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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on
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Nicely said Moose. But for the sake of the member asking the question, in my Department Chiefs wear white helmets, Captains and Lt's wear red helmets, and firefighters wear black helmets.
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Permalink Reply by ashfire on
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Why don't we have a NFPA ruling on helmet colors and then these questions can go away.
White for line officers Black and Yellow for firefighters, Red for rookies and colors for everything else.
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Permalink Reply by Andy Turnham on
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Can't agree with you that helmet colours don't matter, in my book they are essential to quickly identify who is who on the fire ground.
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We have a policy in new zealand no other tags on helmets at all ever!! Same go,s for our other gear no patches or anything like that.
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heheh...sadly seems like a viable answer, ashfire.
Ohh, alright...since I'm here I'll answer what you want and fallow the conformity of this post.
white= chief/dep.chief
red=capt & lieut.
yellow = everyone else
mismatched pants and coats...probationary and jr.'s
red trucks....yes I said RED... are firefighters
white are ambulance
white cars are LEO
red trucks that are not firefighters are tow trucks
boots are yellow and black
suspenders are red with blk stripe
we use Hurst rescue equipment
everyone has a pager...officers have a pager and a radio...just one radio though.
pager is Motorola and radio is icom
I have no stickers on my POV, nor do I have lights
no stickers on my helmet either other than what came with it.
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It's the same in the UK and most of Europe. Fire services around most of the world are run on semi-military lines with uniform and discipline codes and decorating your uniform with unofficial embellishments is just not allowed.
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