What kind of helmet does your department give their Junior Member/Explorer

[Kramer1075]

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[This message has been edited by Kramer1075 (edited May 05, 1999).]

[btvaine]

i ave been a intern firefighter (junior) for about six months and when i started i was issued a cairns 360 structural it was bright blue kind of annoying but it serves its purpose

[RFRDxplorer]

You could look at the other 34596458902345907 threads that involve this, but just for fun i will post....


Presently we get Morning Pride Ben2Plus with ESS goggles.

[summermist21FD]

we had black msa cairns
i love my helmet

[Jonnee]

Just my guess, but I would think that it would be a nfpa approved helmet much like what the other members of the department and or company is wearing!! No brainer here.

[fyrrsq]

My Juniors wear a metro 660C, yellow with company initals on it.

[needlejockey]

Way to use the search feature. 7 years old! Wow. I'm not being sarcastic either, I'm impressed.

To answer the thread, we don't have any juniors at my current dept. At my old one, they wore the exact same as the regular firefighters (either a 660c, a 1010, or a 1040? that's the new one right? same as a 1010, but matte colored), they just had junior ff on their shield if they had a 1010/1040 or a junior crescent on their 660c.

[Chauffer6]

We have pseudo-junior members, who are 16-18 years old, but we don't call them "Junior Firefighters". They do have quite a few restrictions on what they can do, however, per any applicable laws as well as our own good judgment and common sense.

Anyway, they get the same stuff everyone else does, leather New Yorkers/Sam Houstons (depending on what we have laying around) with an orange "Probationary Firefighter" shield.

[nmfire]

The one who started this thread has probably gotten a job and retired from it by now.

[needlejockey]

The one who started this thread has probably gotten a job and retired from it by now.
Yeah, I seriously doubt that they are still a junior. If they are then they started when they were 11 or younger. Granted they might still be the junior firefighter where they are, but they sure aren't a Junior Firefighter anymore.

[LtTim556]

The rookies get issued an orange helmet. They are older helmets that were for firefighters until we went to yellow for firefighters. That way we know at a quick glance that the pumpkin heads, as they are sometimes called, are rookies and won't get assigned certain tasks that they are not allowed to do yet.

[airsoftpro9]

we got issued those yellow dick helmets that i hate.i went out and got myself a bullard cx with ess goggles and the wack pack. i love my helmet now haha.

Fishers Fire Explorer post 91

[nmfire]

You got issued what?

[RFRDxplorer]

HAHAHA! My thoughts exactly nm!

[Chauffer6]

we got issued those yellow dick helmets that i hate.i went out and got myself a bullard cx with ess goggles and the wack pack. i love my helmet now haha.
It's still not a real leather lid, it just looks like one. :rolleyes:

[51E12GDS]

I'm on two depts. In Vernon, we get up-to-date yellow helmets. But, we have a shortage of them, so I have to share with our Explorer Captain. In Guilford, we have the same helmets as the firefighters, but there is a sticker we put on the back that says Junior.

[HolleyFF241]

The one who started this thread has probably gotten a job and retired from it by now.

LMFAO nm!! :D :D

we got issued those yellow dick helmets that i hate.i went out and got myself a bullard cx with ess goggles and the wack pack. i love my helmet now haha.

Fishers Fire Explorer post 91

Care to rephrase perhaps? :confused:

[nmfire]

But, we have a shortage of them, so I have to share with our Explorer Captain.
I'm still trying to envision how one goes about sharing a helmet on scene. Is it like sharing an umbrella, you both hold it up above your heads or what?

[RFRDxplorer]

I'm still trying to envision how one goes about sharing a helmet on scene. Is it like sharing an umbrella, you both hold it up above your heads or what?


Maybe its a really big helmet :D

[FirstDueCTVol]

Our explorers don't wear helmets as they are never on the fireground or put in any area of danger - so they get ball caps.

[HolleyFF241]

Our explorers don't wear helmets as they are never on the fireground or put in any area of danger - so they get ball caps.

Your explorers do not do any kind of training? You dont even take them out and teach them how to operate a handline in a parking lot somewhere? :confused:

[station103JR]

I'm the only JR in my dept.( first one in 105 years of service)
I got a regular black carnis(spelling?) 1010

[airsoftpro9]

what i meant by the dick helmets wuz like, a yellow phenix helmets that are used in wildland fires. those are gay, get it now?

[RFRDxplorer]

Airsoftpro,

Please grow up. No one finds your comments to be funny. If you would like to have a mature and thought out conversation and be given a little respect, please act maturely.

[KEEPBACK200FEET]

Jake, check your PM's.

[ndvfdff33]

what i meant by the dick helmets wuz like, a yellow phenix helmets that are used in wildland fires. those are gay, get it now?

Wowwwwwwww that was funnnnnnnnnnyyyyy..Get a life pal

[FyrGuy176]

what i meant by the dick helmets wuz like, a yellow phenix helmets that are used in wildland fires. those are gay, get it now?
You don't have enough time in the fire service to have an opinion about what is gay or what is cool. Keep up that attitude and you will be labeled as the "gay" junior/explorer.

[dusty55]

My post uses the Phenix 1500. I like em there pretty reliable.

[dusty55]

You don't have enough time in the fire service to have an opinion about what is gay or what is cool. Keep up that attitude and you will be labeled as the "gay" junior/explorer.I agree FyrGuy176, man theres no room for that bs and bagging.

[the1141man]

You don't have enough time in the fire service to have an opinion about what is gay or what is cool. Keep up that attitude and you will be labeled as the "gay" junior/explorer.

Anybody else ever notice that there's a correlation between how knowledgeable someone is and how opinionated they are? Generally speaking, the more opinionated someone is on a topic, the less they know about it. ;) I think our dear AirSoft fits that category.
His airsoft team could probably teach small unit tactics in Ranger School, I'm sure... :rolleyes:

[fireturtle]

Gonna have to agree 110%... Gotta love the people that know everything about nothing... makes for a fun day...:D

[tbonetrexler]

Juniors get the same helmet as regualr members, a cairns/msa 1010.

[Motorhead90]

I'm a member of two depts/posts,


In Bolton, all explorers get the old yellow cairns saladbowls,

In Holden, they haven't given me my helmet,

[MTFD164]

A Yellow Carins/msa 1010 its a good helmet i love it----

[51E12GDS]

I'm still trying to envision how one goes about sharing a helmet on scene. Is it like sharing an umbrella, you both hold it up above your heads or what?

He is normally at basketball during trainings and I usually get to the station by the time the truck has left. :( Now, my dad, the chief in Guilford, bought me a brand-new one yesterday. Thank God, because the Captain has a bigger head than I.

[Motorhead90]

I'm a member of two depts/posts,


In Bolton, all explorers get the old yellow cairns saladbowls,

In Holden, they haven't given me my helmet,


I quit Bolton because the post got disbanded, in Holden we wear cairns (metros, phillies, etc...)