Gloves "What type or brand?"

[DD]

The hood thread had a lot of good replies and got me to thinking about my gloves. What types, materials and brands do you recommend using? This is for fire fighting use.

[eppie]

The Glove Corporation. They are made of elk skin, very nice. Water proof (resistant) and they stay pliable even after a job.

[STA2]

We are issued Morning Pride gloves in both my career and volunteer dept.'s. A unique design perfect for the gear that is being worn today. It is a normal glove with a loose(non-elastic) wrist. There is than a PBI sleeve if you will that is sown on at the wrist and comes up about half way to your elbow. There is a post man slide cinch strap on the end of the sleeve to allow you to close the glove around your forearm. These were designed in co-operation with the Houston Fire Department and are great. The purpose is to eliminate the bunching up of your coat and the glove at the wrist. Works like a champ. They run about $100.00 per pair. Be safe.

Larry

[gp13]

We wear FIREFIGHTER VIII NFPA gloves. Soft leather and work well after a job. No shrinking after washed and dryed.

[S. Cook]

Shelby's (Firewall model I think) just make sure they're the green ones. I've had the pair I'm wearing now for about a year and they haven't stiffened up yet.

As a department, we've been using them for a few years now, and the only problems we've had is they wear out or get lost. And like I said, I haven't seen this brand stiffen up yet. Every brand we tried before has.