helmet color! what does it mean????

ok what colors of helmets does your dept use and what do they mean?????? My dept uses White,Red,Black,Yellow,Blue,and Orange. White= Chief Red= Captain Black= Lt Yellow= firefighter Blue= Safty Orange= Rookie

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Permalink Reply by Scooby on May 21, 2008 at 9:56pm

White-Chiefs
Yellow-Captain
Red-LT's
Green-Safety
Black-Firefighters
blue shields-EMS
Orange-Juniors

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Permalink Reply by PFC Harmon on May 22, 2008 at 8:10pm

In my dept we all have Ben 2 traditional style.
White-Cheif and ass cheif
Red- All other officers
Black- Firefighters
Yellow dome type ugly uncomfortable type helmet- rookies and explorers

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Permalink Reply by ARNOLD on May 23, 2008 at 10:03am

IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION USES THE HELMET COLOR CODING.THE THE YELLOW HELMET IS FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADES,ORANGE FOR THE SPECIAL RESCUE UNIT(SRU) OF THE BUREAU,THE BLUE FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE(EMS),BLACK FOR THE NON-OFFICERS,RED FOR THE LEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN,AND WHITE FOR THE MAJOR UP TO 2 STAR GENERAL.but sometimes it is not observed or being followed due to lack of equipment and the BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION is still on its stage of MODERNIZATION,besides, it is not safe to paint the helmets .

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Permalink Reply by Ryan 701 on June 5, 2008 at 3:49pm

My Department:
White =Chief and Assistant Chief
Red =Captains
Black=Firefighters
Yellow=Probationary Firefighters
Blue=Junior Firefighters

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Permalink Reply by Bill Anderson on June 5, 2008 at 4:27pm

Regular members wear black Cairns 1010's, new members /rookies get yellow Cairns Metro's. No distinction in colors for officers as almost anyone can be command at an incident.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Farrar on June 6, 2008 at 12:15pm

Swanton Vt.
Chief & Asst. Chief's White
Capt's. Red
Lt's. Yellow
FF's Black
Explores get a really nasty looking orange
The Capt and LT's are sometime in black leathers and if so the front for an LT is white with black letters and the Capt;s front is white with Red letters

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Permalink Reply by Engine 32 Capt. on June 6, 2008 at 12:34pm

Oh, you are sooo my hero!

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Permalink Reply by HAROLD PETERSON on July 23, 2008 at 12:35pm

White = Chief officer (Chief - Deputy Chief), Red = "Squad A" (Heavy Rescue one of the busiest in country firehouse magazine), Black = Engine Co., Black w/ Red top = Ladder/Tower Co. BROCKTON, MA

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Permalink Reply by bernie on July 23, 2008 at 1:26pm

White : Lt., Captain,all dept. chief, orange :Safty , Blue : EMS, Black : Firefight and Red : Rookie.

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Permalink Reply by J Day on July 23, 2008 at 2:02pm

in my dept, white=officers, black(or natural leather)=firefighter, yellow(modern helmet)=juniors-unless their parents buy them one, in which case, its black with a yellow front

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Permalink Reply by VollyGuy on July 23, 2008 at 4:04pm

Chief - White
Caplain - White (with a cross on the shield)
Captain - Red
Lieutenant - Black with orange reflectors and red shields
Firefighter - Black with yellow reflectors and black shields
Probie - Black with yellow reflectors and yellow shields

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Permalink Reply by Beans on August 4, 2008 at 3:35am

In my FD, the order of helmets go as follows:

God 'ol Mighty - AKA Chief - white
His right hand man- Deputy Chief- white
His right hand mans,man- 2nd Deputy Chief- white
we dont have one-Captain- red
Squad wench-EMS LT- yellow
Engine wench-Engine LT-yellow
Safety Officer-green
Firefighters- black
Juniors- orange

Cairnes Traditional all the way around for us.