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Black turn outs and safety
What color of turnouts do you use and why. I can't imagine using black because if I go down in a fire, It will be harder to find in black.Yes , I get you have the pass device but sometimes hearing where the sound is coming from in the comotion is hard.I prefer the normal tan color.I clean mine after every fire.Be safe and God Bless all of you.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Wool turnout coats (similar to Navy peacoat material) used to be common in Great Britain and some of the Commonwealth contries. Some departments in those countries still use wool coats.
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Permalink Reply by Joe Stoltz on
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OK, got it. I think denim jackets were also used in this country in the 1940s-50s era.
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A lot of northeastern truckies wore denim jackets instead of turnouts in the 1970's. The ones I knew told me it was to reduce weight for the guys that had to run 4 or 5 sets of stairs to open up the roof.
I never did that, but my old snorkel and ladder companies used to wear leather safety boots and nomex uniform pants with short turnout coats, helmets, gloves, and SCBA for any fire bigger than a duplex. We could simply move faster for roof, fire escape, and ladder work. We could also get to interior fires in wide-rise/big box stores easier and quicker.
I got smart after I had some serious burns to my knees a couple of times. Now I move slowly and wear turnouts. No cracks about how old I am, either.
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My lips are sealed, Ben. I can't vouch for the others, however.
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Permalink Reply by Tony P on
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Yes all, "wool" is what I said. Soon I'll be in green Nomex. But at the moment I'm still 'in the past'...
For wildfire, we wear treated cotton. I Canuck I worked with a couple of seasons ago thought we were treated badly that way (he was in his Nomex pants and shirt). But as I said to him "if you need the protection of Nomex, then you're simply too damned close"! He agreed - thinking back to his earliest wildfire training where he was taught to do the job with his sleeves rolled up - and if it got too hot for his arms to get out. Oh, as this thread is about colour of PPE, our wildfire PPE is bright yellow.
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Permalink Reply by T.J. on
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yellow for sure, I've never like the black gear but we do have a couple of local departments that have it and they love it.
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Permalink Reply by BillySFCVFD on
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I'm with ya TJ. At my age and seeing yellow on FFs for as long as I can remember nothing else just seems right. Things do change for the better, but for safety, not just to be different. Black blends in with darkness and dark smoked filled enclosures . The more visible a FF is, and not just the reflective tape, the safer. With so many departments using black there must be a good reason for it. If you don't like cleaning gear then I can understand. Great for Ninjas thou.
Feedback welcome
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Setting a standard for one color might not work well. There are many colors we should be able to choose from. Bright yellow, lighter yellow, darker yellow. medium yellow, mustard yellow, etc... Haha.
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Permalink Reply by rfdjumper on
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If you prefer, tan, yellow, white, or red that is great, they are all swell colors for gear, and I wish you best of luck with them.
I have read all of the post, and sometimes I wish that some of you would check your vaginas at the door. If you are not hiding behind the NFPA shield, it's the OSHA, or the super safety officer front piece. When are you going to use the COMMON SENSE approach to firefighting and not the "everything is going to kill you" method.
What is the primary job of Bunker Gear? To keep your ass from being a burnt Twinkie in a fire. If it does that then, I don't care if the stuff is pink. It's fine. Some materials are better than others, I agree with that. PBI is great stuff.
My department uses black colored gear, which by the way looks a very dark grey after a year from use and washing. We are an old Northeast town this is what is issued, this is what we wear. This is what We like!
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Permalink Reply by Nick Devries on
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baltimore city too. got a buddy at a house in western md that wears black too. only ones in the county.
guess ken didn't see ANY footage of the firefighters on 9-11. all of them in black, except for the soot covering them, of course.
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Permalink Reply by Dave on
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I cant believe it!! What are alot of these asshats to do if they come out from behind there NFPA and OSHA shields?? How will they ever put out a fire?? My god they might actually have to think on there own!!
I read all the post, and alot of others on this board and simple cant see how 3/4 of the fire service is even on this planet. You can really tell who has never been in a fire, but yet they love to post on these forums.
Folks black coats have been around longer then the yellow coats, infact the yellow, ten , red or any other weird collor makes me want to vomit!! Sure they look seasoned....if your into that...quicker then the black coats.
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