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Permalink Reply by Karr Quintero on July 30, 2010 at 7:49am

pants/shirt at foot of bed, radio and pager on the night stand.. this morning at 2:15 am someone showed up in pj's then jumped in bunker's when we wer called out to an auto accident..

Permalink Reply by Kathy Knox on August 3, 2010 at 12:13am

Lol. My husband & I are both volunteers too. We each have 2 gear bags, one structural, one wildland. And although we could (theoretically) load up one car with 4 bags, there wouldn't be room for kids or groceries. Or if we decided to drive one of the other vehicles that day, we'd have to transfer 4 bags of gear... After 10 years in fire/ems, my gear is usually in our bedroom, & the rescue truck I drive is usually kept in my driveway. I throw on gear & walk out the door. My husband's gear is usually in the fire engine at our station. He drives to the station, throws on gear, & goes to the fire. In our rural setting, ourselves & our station on the edge of the boonies, this seems to work. :D

Permalink Reply by Josh on August 19, 2010 at 8:35pm

i sleep in a shirt and boxers ... pants/shorts & socks & shoes are beside my bed, keys are by the door.

Permalink Reply by J.R. Fitzgerald on August 25, 2010 at 10:14pm

My gear stays on the rack and floor at the station. our station is only about 600yards from my house, but the other side of a highway intersection. I have gone to the station in my boxers before but usually I'm in a t-shirt and sweat pants that stay beside my bed along with my shoes.

Permalink Reply by Jared Michael Snyder on August 31, 2010 at 9:47am

It always depends on where my gear is... I have run out of the house at four am in my boxers knowing that my turnouts are on the front seat of the truck. I get to the station already in my turn out pants and fire up the rig... Other times, if my gear is at the station, I leave the house in the closest thing I find, by stumbling around in the dark...

Permalink Reply by Joerg Kastner on September 16, 2010 at 2:04pm

My trousers, t-shirt and socks are right beside my bed.
Here in germany we usually leave our bunker gear at the station, as firefighter responds directly to the scene.

For first-responder alarms, i sometimes go straight to the scene so my ems-clothes are in my car.

Permalink Reply by Chris Weber on September 16, 2010 at 9:44pm

I only live about 30 seconds from the station so I keep my gear over there right now.Have the radio and pager on a stand at the end of the bed.My wife and I keep our wildland gear and coveralls at the house so if a middle of the night call comes up you can just jump in them and go.Used to keep my gear in my truck and would bring the pants/boots in at night so they were not cold in the winter.Once those babies get cold it is miserable.

Permalink Reply by Keith A. Morrone on April 10, 2012 at 7:59am

As a Volunteer FF i just take what i had worn that day and set it @ the foot of my bed,of course if the clothes are really nasty, i have a set on the back of my bedroom door to "jump" into. I keep the laces open on a pair of sneakers by the door, i'm out the door & in route in under 2min.

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