Allowing children to try on fire gear and helmets during PR details.

I have been trying to find documented cases of neck injuries of children from trying on fire helmets during PR details. I see many times where members of my department and other departments allow kids to put on their fire helmets. From a liability standpoint this practice concerns me, but I have not been able to prove this practice can cause injuries. Any help would be appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Russ on April 2, 2011 at 8:43am

lol

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Permalink Reply by Michael P. Cain on April 2, 2011 at 10:02am

Dont't forget the Level A training suits! We did this one year at an Open House and the Youth Services people asked us to do it again the next year it was such a hit with the kids.

On another note, back in the 80's I remember one of the guys putting his helmet on the kid's heads during a classroom visit and he wound up with head lice. A week or so after the school visit we got a notice from the school reporting a problem with head lice!