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Permalink Reply by FireMouth1990 on January 12, 2009 at 1:22am

in my 4 years in the fire service i have had 3 lids. A 1010, BenII, and my cairnsN6A Sam Houston which i love!

Permalink Reply by John Rulli Jr. on January 17, 2009 at 7:53pm

My first leather is a '01 Carns N5A New Yorker. Bought it new in '01 currently my back up. Just got elected into a lieutenant position. Wearing a company issued helmet untill i get my new N5A. the co. issued is no compairson to the new yorker fit!!! Hope my new lid gets here soon!!!!

Permalink Reply by Paul Young on February 21, 2009 at 3:18pm

I have a '90 Houston that I had to retire. The back had been baked off and rebuilt several times. Our department bought us Conways and we got to choose leather or composite. Of course I chose leather. The fit is great and thanks to it I survived a partial collapse.

Permalink Reply by Paul Young on February 21, 2009 at 3:22pm

Paint it!

Permalink Reply by Paul Young on February 21, 2009 at 3:24pm

Cairns even sells the paint.

Permalink Reply by Scott on March 12, 2009 at 9:18pm

In 1987 I was issued a Cairns 5A helmet with flip down eye shields by my first fire dept. I used it for about 4 years until the dept upgraded to the better generation of helmets. The purchased the Cairns New Yorker leather helmet with wrap around eye shield (not a great option when it came to calls with debris swirling around you that gets caught up in the shield and your eyes. Personally I like the flip downs (yes they provide less protection but debris blew away faster). I am especially proud of my helmet on a school room fire. I entered with the hose line to knowk the fire down when the drop ceiling let go and fell in on us traping us for a few minutes while we disentangled ourselves. I kept alot of metal and wire from hurting us. My New Yorker lasted me until 2001 when I left the dept and joined another. I was fortunate enough to be able to bring it with me and use it there for a few years. This helmet had the flip downs now (put on by myself) and a nice and curled "Bronx Bend" (don't care what anyone says it made crawling with a Scott Pak 2.2 and 4.5 more comfortable) This helmet was "salty" and I still have both generations of helmets hanging in my garage. Leather forever! -Cows don't burn!

Permalink Reply by Stuart Telfer on March 29, 2009 at 9:31pm

I wear a n6a houston, wouldnt wear anything else. Dept. issues wheel chocks. Finally got the chief to approve the traditional.

Permalink Reply by Martin Duchesne on April 4, 2009 at 11:42pm

I think the leather helmet is still the best helmet. It brings all the prestige and history. To see the history of the fire helmet from 1658 to 1918 log on www.firehelmetbook.com , this book explains it all with nice photos and stories.


Best regards Martin

Permalink Reply by Marty Hrinko on May 13, 2009 at 4:04pm

I have a Natural color N5A that i got in December.

Permalink Reply by kevin on May 13, 2009 at 4:51pm

i have a cairns n5a new yorker

Permalink Reply by Bill Brown on May 14, 2009 at 10:47am

I wear a Cairns N5A and I would't give it up for the world.

Permalink Reply by Mike on May 15, 2009 at 1:42pm

I'm on my 2nd. Used a yellow Conway American Heritage as a firefighter & Engineer. Now have a red Conway as a Lt. been wearing a leather for about 12 years now. Love it. Leather forever!!

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