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Welcome from Baltimore City Md....

Hey brother!

Welcome and hope you have a safe new year.

Hey Bro thanks for the request. kannst du auch deutsch???

Ok no problem. how far do u live away from aachen??

ah ok, vause we have from time to time belgium firefighters comming to our flash-over-chamber

Hey, nice to see you here. Thanks for add.
Greatings from germany!!
Kai

haha, goed om te lezen dat het europese vasteland ook mee doet.

Wie weet tot spreeks een keer

groeten

martijn

Groetjes daar in Lommel, vanuit het Oost Vlaamse Gavere

Thanks for the invite. I accepted. Tell me about the fire service in Belgium. What size is the area you cover. With this style of helmet, how do you get the hood to fit over the SCBA mask lips? Good pics. Jim

thanks for the add

You are right, the additions to your page are a great teaching tool about european style helmets, SCBA clip attachment, and hood / neck protection. I have copied your pics to my PPE photo file and will use them in my FF 1 PPE classes to show them some differences around the world. I think the students will find it interesting. I do have one follow up question about the hoods. I see the photo with the wrap around neck protector that closes with velcro under the chin. But I think I see a seperate hood, like we use here, under some helmets. Is this true and do you wear both pieces for a complete ansombel of protection or just one or the other. Is there a meaning to the orange panels on your coats. I notice some have and others don't. Does this denote some rank or just a newer style of gear with an added safety feature? There is a picture of a trailor with with what may be a ladder on it. It is a double axil. What is this used for? Also could you send me some pics of the rescue rigs and the pod trucks with the doors open to see what kinds of equipment they carry. Also with the pod container that carries shoring, do you just use wood or do you use Shore Form or Finn Form panels and pneumatic (Paratec or Air Shore) or hydrolic shores (Speed Shores) also? The aperatus are really interesting. I see simularities in the striping of the smaller apperatus (cars and ambulances), but they seem to really have some color differences from vehicle to vehicle. What do your laws require as a minimum? I see the multi striping on the rear of one larger truck and I know that europeon standards require this. I believe you will see this more and more over time in the USA but regretably you will have many fight against it as they did about the yellow colored trucks vs. the original red color. I like the brighter colors and the safety they provide at night. The USA fire service is so slow to except new things sometimes, even though they are demontrated to be good ideas. I try to be progressive in my approach and I wish more would too. But they will over time. You are a great envoy for your department in educating the rest of us about you. Keep up the good work with your page. Hope I get to meet you some day. Maybe your department would consider a specialized class on Agricultural Rescue called Farmedic. Take a look at the web site and let me know if you would like to know more about this specialized type of rescue and firefighting. Be safe and look forward to hearing from you. Jim Young techrescue@earthlink.net

Thanks for the reply, I thought the orange shoulders were some type of sign, but wasn't sure. Most departments here use helmet color and front crest for ranks when in turnout gear. Chief officers usually white, Captains Red and firefighters Yellow or black, Safety Officer light blue. This is not completely consistant but not uncommon either. Is your lorry what we call a utility trailor? Thanks for the info on PPE. Whats your first name ffemt19. Be safe. Jim

Hello Roel, There isn't any national manditory standard for style or color to helmets or turn out gear. There are some trends. The Cairns 1010 is popular and looks like the older style New York Leather helmets, but is made of polycarconate. Some still wear the leather version. Another style in polycarbonate is more rounder and smoother without the leather front sheilds. They usually will have some type of stickes on the sides and front with department and rank info. They all come optional with fold down full and half face shields and the Bourkes are still popular. Another option are goggles. Some of these go behind the head with full strapes and others are connected to pivot points on the sides of the helmets. I prefer the goggles on my fire helmet. Can use on brush fires, outside fire fighting, and rescue. Can stap off and go into pocket when doing interior firefighting with SCBA. Try this web site and you can see several examples. http://www.msafire.com/cairns_history.html
There is a history of the Cairns Helment and the Bouke Sheild there on different pages. One thing to remember in established stands for rescue is that these flip down shields don't meet the ANSI standards for eye safety and wrap around eye protection. You must wear either goggles or safety glasses to meet the sandard for rescue. For rescue helmets as a specialty, the Kiwi is the prefered by many, includeing the USA FEMA USAR teams, and myself. I use a yellow Cairns 1010 and a white Kiwi. Jim

Hello again Roel, All the discussion,input and interest in PPE is appreciated. This is a subject that I like teaching and try to provide a wider view of PPE than just the book basics. Anything I learn about history of or other countries use of it helps me to be a better instructor of this subject material. Jim

Interested, probably yes. Cost, don't know. I have several older used helmets that I would consider a trade. I know that yours is surely of more value. What do you have in mind and could we negotiate something. Tell me what you think. The cost of shipping from here to there would probably be between 15 to 20 US dollars. This is not prohibitive but need to know what we could work out. Look forward to hearing back from you. Jim

Hi ffemt19, thanks by adding me as the friend, I expect to maintain me in contact with you. A large hug and you take care of.

Hey,
Thanks for the add. Do you want to trade a patch with me? Stay safe!!

Daniel

hello

Thanks for the request Bro

heheheh Is very Nice your Helmet im very Interestinf for One please tell me is possible wampachile@gmail.com or PM. regars from CHile
wampa

Salut, je pense que tu dois parler le français. Serais tu intéressé par un échange de sweat-shirt?

Hi, my name is Lars and I work for the fire and rescue service in Värnamo, Sweden.

I'm trying to get in contact with someone from Belgium and found you here.
I am collecting some educational material from different stations and countries to put them all in one place on the web, like a knowledge bank to use when creating exercises for your own station, something to draw ideas from.

Do you think it would be possible for me to get a hold of a powerpoint in tactical ventilation/PPV ventilation or what you might call it from you?

It will be added to a website translated into English, later you can find several other documents from other stations in return that you can use.

Best regards / Lars

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ffemt19-

In the US I would have to say that most FDs are likely to steer clear of burning wet hay. Steam is not friendly or conducive to the type of training you guys appear to be doing. Restrict the air flow of a burning barrel of wood once it is hot. It will smoke. Is there any reason why you couldnt use supplementary artificial smoke? Simple combustion should not be messed with in live burns, at least in my opinion.

ffemt19-

In the US, we do that precisely for that reason, and we call them flashover simulators. It takes training of course, but a firm grasp of the thermal dynamics involved in these sea container style trainers helps considerably. In the US, we use several types: the original swede flashover simulator, the all important Phase 5 simulator, and some other divergent models and layouts. Backdrafts occur in these when innstructors are understaffed or undertrained. Please search that on Google and check out some write ups and images.

Pencilling the ceiling with a straight stream from a fog nozzle to keep the gases below flashpoint takes skill and TICs or thermal imaging cameras help to keep the crew safe by seeing the rollover through the smoke. Several instructors must keep their eyes on the task at hand. Rehab and RIT/FAST teams must be also on standby, ready to go at a moments notice. Back up hoselines and emergency exit door hatches can always be installed in the roof or in the sides of the container if the fire gets a little over zealous.

The way you get the body of fire is by there being chains installed on the walls and ceiling at one far end of the container. Behind these chains plywood can be slid in to simulate how the contents of a dwelling will burn.