What Kind of knickers are you wearing?

[benlochef]

It's me again?? I know I am full of questions! Kinda comes with the job if ya know what I mean :cool: Just wondering what kind of bunker gear everyone is wearing. 3/4 boots and long coats or full bunker gear?? And while we are at it, lets kill two birds with one forum (so to speak) :D Heck lets throw caution to the wind and add SCBA types also WOOOOOHOOOO!!!

We have Quest brand full turn out gear with the new millenia outer shell, leather boots and traditional helmets.

We have a combination of both low pressure and High Pressure SCBA

Low pressure = Drager with aluminum bottles that we are phaseing out!

High pressure = ISI Viking Digitals with heads up display and built in pass, voice amplification system and Radio interface. 30 min carbon bottles and our RIT team has 1 hour carbon bottles

[VCFPD3]

We have half the department in Securitex and the other half have Chieftain. Our gear is all full bunker.

Our scba's are Scott 2.2 with all. 30 min bottles. We are applying for a FEMA grant to upgrade scba. If we're lucky enough we will upgrade to CairnsAir Pioneer Pro's 2216 30 min carbon bottles.

[ChiefReason]

Bullard Firedome helmets
Janesville Commando turnouts
Servus Firebreaker boots
Fireman VII gloves
Scot and MSA air packs
Dragonfly and SuperPass alarms
ISI thermal imaging camera
All are less than three years old.
CR

[jaybird210]

We just upgraded everything in the last year.

*Janesville PBI pants and coats.
*Cairns 1010 helmets (for the CHUMPS who won't buy their own leather :rolleyes: :p)
*Misc. mix-n-match on the boots (for the CHUMPS who won't buy their own leather :rolleyes: :p)
*MSA 4500 psi SCBA MMR w/ the cheaper integrated PASS (although we kept 5 old MSA 2216s with Firefly PASS)
*Bullard TIC (guess we've had this for a couple years now)



Bullard Firedome helmets

Tightwads!!!!:D :D :p

[ChiefReason]

Cairns 1010 helmets

GOLDDIGGERS!

You should be wearing a fez with a big yellow tassle!:p
Whoops; that might not be a good idea.
A beanie with a propeller on top. Yeah; that'll work.
CR

[RspctFrmCalgary]

What Kind of knickers are you wearing?

*GASP* :eek:

ummmmmmmm ...... er ..... ummmmmmm ...... NO COMMENT

*blushing*

I can't believe not one of you has the cajones enough to answer the question!!! LMFAOOOOOOOOO

Tightwads!!!!

GOLDDIGGERS!

You should be wearing a fez with a big yellow tassle! Whoops; that might not be a good idea. A beanie with a propeller on top. Yeah; that'll work.

Now now boys, behave yourselves!!! hehehe :D :D

Oh by the way Jay, I'm not going to come and crash these Illinois threads anymore if all you're concerned about is #s #s #s!! :p :D

[jaybird210]

You should be wearing a fez with a big yellow tassle!

That would be our parade hat. But it's a fluorescent yellow tassle for officers, and a plain silver one for grunts.

A beanie with a propeller on top.

That would be the chief's helmet. That's how I get an "overall" view of an incident.

Oh by the way Jay, I'm not going to come and crash these Illinois threads anymore if all you're concerned about is #s #s #s!!

It's all about the numbers.

[MIKEYLIKESIT]

It sounds like you all have gear that is QUITE a bit newer then mine. My last piece of gear was a new coat in 1996...Not counting gloves.

[80FIRE]

Our department has the following

Globe coats and pants
Bullard Firedome helmets
Servis boots
ISI Viking Didgital SCBA's from 2001 FIRE Grant
Scott Eagle II thermal imager took two years of fundraising and finaly got it in Jan 2003

[benlochef]

80FIRE,,,, How do you like your ISI Digitals?? Are they holding up ok. Any complaints yet? What features do you have with them?

[80FIRE]

So far we have had no problems with any of our packs. We really like them. We have the digital package which includes in mask air level LED's, voice amplification, and integrated PASS. I really like the voice amp feature. My hearing is poor and had a very hard time communicating with other FF with mask on. Not with voice amp everthing you say sounds clear. You can talk on the radio clearly with voice amp through the speaker mike. They can be wired directly in to the radios as an aditional option but was expensive. Also only only works on specific radio brands. We have an assortment of radios and eack SCBA would have to be assigned a radio to make it work. I also like the ability to go from on/off air with mask switch. Saves a lot of air if you can switch off/on easily. Our 3 main mutual aid departments also have ISI (some not digital) so every one here is compatable and interchangeable if needed.

[pcfdcap1]

I'm not going to answer most of the question until our new stuff comes in. Youze guyzs might feel sorry for us in PC. We do have a Bullard TIC, MSA 2216s with more being applied for and $12,000 worth of coats bunkers and boots coming.

[efd824]

We are wearing global gx-7 advanced gear, full bunkers

firewalker boots, and traditional style helmet(thanks to vcfpd3)

scott 2.2 30 min. bottles with super pass 2 alarms. i know this is

wrong forum but is anyone tired of grass fires??????? CR since you

are a trustee now, can you make Mileham do some sort of rain dance in

Woodhull?????
:D

[jboczek]

I got in this late and I, too, am almost ashamed to say what we have. Our bunker gear is a hodgepodge of brands. Whenever we've bought some new, it was from whoever had the cheapest price. Rubber boots, unless the guys have bought their own leather, a variety of helmets, some MSA, Bullard, etc., Dragonfly PASS, MSA air packs, including 5 OLD 401s that have been converted to positive pressure. Hope FEMA comes through this year with money for some new ones. No TIC and the trustees wouldn't let me ask for one again this year.
And, NO, we don't want any rain. It's muddy down here.

[benlochef]

I know what you meen Jack about mix and match! We were in the same boat untill this year. All of our bunker gear was just plain worn out!! it was all purchased in or around 86ish. (Nothing like wearing a set of bunker gear that you can not bend over to pick up something because the last guy that handed them down was not your size.) We had a few new sets added in the past two years that we raised the money for ourselves. Had the old msa and scott steel tanks. So if it was not for the Grace of God,(and FEMA) in which we got a grant last year we would still be in our old gear!! Did i mention it feels good to have a pair of boots that actually fit! LOL Ok the kitchen's open :D

[F18Wub]

Originally posted by VCFPD3
Our scba's are Scott 2.2 with all. 30 min bottles. We are applying for a FEMA grant to upgrade scba. If we're lucky enough we will upgrade to CairnsAir Pioneer Pro's 2216 30 min carbon bottles.

Come on, how many times do I have to tell you, stay with Scotts.


We have Globe Basofil gear, a mix of helmets, some Bullard Firedomes, some 660 Metros, Mostly rubber boots, although a few of us have leather, We have Scott 50 air packs with Carbon Composite bottles, still have a few aluminums laying around for guys to take to academy. All of the front line packs have the voice amp, which is a godsend, and We have an Argus TIC.