My helmet color discussion is better than your helmet color discussion, and we need another extrication PPE thread, too

We don't have enough competing "What does helmet color mean in your department" threads running, so I thought I'd start another one. Of course, mine is better, because it was started by, well, me. While we're on the topic, let's get off the topic and discuss whether we should wear turnout gear, wildland firefighting gear, extrication gear, or just go naked and wear Dutch wooden shoes while performing extrication. Of course, if that were a seperate thread, it would be better than all of the other "What to wear to your friendly local extrication" threads, too, because, well, I'm just in too much of a hurry to post my thread so I can't be bothered with a basic site search to see if 785 other people have previously started still-open discussions on the same topics.

So, if you have a transparent helmet, does that mean that you can't go inside burning structures unless you wear wildland gear or go naked to extrications, or what?

(Tongue planted firmly in cheek and no offense to residents of the Netherlands intended, as this thread is parody and thus legally protected by the rules of comedy.)

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Permalink Reply by Trainer on December 17, 2009 at 1:26pm

LMFAO

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Permalink Reply by Capt.Alex Arnold on December 17, 2009 at 1:33pm

Ah, but the important lesson here is not to stand directly over the flames in this "banana hamock"PPE no what how much foot protection you have! Remember safety first...and this gives new meaning to risking your ass.

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Permalink Reply by Perry Bryant on December 17, 2009 at 3:32pm

even the oft mocked rookies are smarter than that

"In the wake of an afternoon fire Ronald McDonald was seen escaping his residence without his usual cheerful costume on-- rumors are circulating that he was about to enter the shower when he smelled smoke".