Accountability Tags

by big o

Dec 1, 2010

I know this has been discussed before but i could not find an answer to my question so here its,
  last night at our monthly meeting it was brought up that we need to get passport tags for a few of our guys because they were new or theirs were lost, our county has an universal system of tags that are about 3" long and a 1/2 " wide with the persons name on it. guys keep losing them because they are attached under our helmets backs with velcro which seems to melt once in a fire, and then we cant reattach our tags when checking out so they get stuck in a pocket and lost, does anyone else on here have a similar system and if so what do you do to keep track of tags and attach them to not lose them
       
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    Greenman

    Yes, but this tag is about 10 years old and I am the third holder of this particular tag.

    You do have a good point and brass tags,or even good ole fashioned "dog tags" wouldn't be vulnerable to breakage.

    This is not an endosment, but this tag would work nicely and is not vulnerable to breakage: http://www.cascadelaser.com/reshanalta.html



    Greenman

    Jun 18, 2011

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    James Hawk

    most depts around here use cow tags. generally they have either just a 2 digit personnel number, or a 4 digit dept/personnel number. a couple of depts use plastic tags that have name, number, and medical info on them. my dept uses a 4 digit number.

    you get 2 tags. the colors vary among some depts, but in my mine we use a blue tag for an "on-scene" tag, and gets clipped to the first due engine. senior/interior firefighters get a red tag for the accountability officer, and under 18 firefighters have a yellow tag that is used when entering a building for overhaul or when an extra level of accountability is deemed necessary

    Jun 30, 2011

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    Michael David White

    Same here. Cheap way to go very simple too.

    Jun 30, 2011