Helmet colors > rank on your dept?

[Heretic]

Here's mine: (small volunteer dept)

Black - Firefighter
Blue - Fire Police
Yellow - Lt's
Red - Capt's
White - Chief officer's

All are structural helmets, not NY style.

-H

[Engine101]

Black Explorer or Cadet
Yellow Firefighter and Paramedics
Orange - Captain
White- Chief Officer

[greapr]

White - Chief / Asst. Chief
Red - Capt.
Black With Lieutenant Sticker - Lt.
Black W/O sticker - Firefighter
Blue - Explorer

[UFDFF15]

White -Chief Officers
Red- Captains
Black-Firefighters
Yellow-probies

White,Red,Black-Cairns 1010
Yellow-Bullard Firedome px

[Flochief]

White - Chief, Asst Chief
Red - LT
Blue - EMT, Paramedic
Yellow - Chaplin
Black - Firefighter

[hwoods]

As Usual............

Needless to say, we have a reputation for being...... Er,... Ah,.... Shall we say different. So, with that in mind:

White....Officers

Black or Yellow....Firefighters
(User's choice)

Blue......EMS (non firefighting)

Red......Probies

Orange....Observers

I guess I should explain the "Observer" program a bit. We wanted to have a program in place that would allow a person who was of age, (18) but not a member of the department, to ride along on calls. people who were considering becoming a volunteer, members of the press, just plain citizens who wanted to learn more about volunteers, were all reasons to do this. Having a helmet, even though the observer stays with the apparatus, prevents other firefighters/officers and cops from telling the individual to "get back beyond the yellow tape". Observers DO NOT go into anyplace that requires any type of protective clothing. Stay Safe....

[F18Wub]

For my dept:

Vollys: Black
Firefighters: Yellow Firedomes of Black traditionals, depending if they are on duty or off
Captains: Red
Asst Chiefs: White
And of course the chief's is white

[tgc204]

colors

White- Chief and Assistants.
Red- Capt's and Lieutenants
Yellow- Firefighters

But we are curently making the change to black 1010's and proper identification on the sheild of the helmet. But think chief and asst. will keep the white color.

[loxfire6016]

Here's what we have:

White- Chief and Asst. Chief
Red- Captain and both Lieutenants
Black- Firefighter
Yellow- Probationary Firefighter
Black w/ orange-Explorer

-Helmets from Firefighter thur Chief are traditional Ben 2 Plus.
-Probies have traditional Bullard Firedomes.
-Explorer have modern style w/ orange markings.

At one time all Firefighters, including probationary wore yellow. That got kind of confusing because we're vollies and never know exactly who is going to show up. Beside everyone looks about the same in an SCBA. So we went to the system we have now. It seems to be working great.

[codeblue81]

My small vollie dept goes like this:

Firefighter: Yellow
Captain : Red
Chiefs : White

code_blue81

[mdoddsjffhnfc]

White: Chief and Assistant Chief

Black:
Captains have Cairns 1010s with a white "Captain" shield

Lieutenants have Cairns 1010s with a white "Lieutenant" shield

Chief Engineer has a Cairns 1010 with a Black "Engineer" shield

Firefighters and Jr. Firefighters have Cairns 1010s with Black "Firefighter" shields.

[Stuart]

Chiefs - White
Captains - Red
Lieutenants - Black
Firefighters - Yellow
Safety Officer - Orange

Gee, can't NFPA come up with a standard for this?

[46Truck]

helmets...

Probies- Yellow 660's
Firefighters- Black 1010's
FAO's, LT's, Capt's- Red 1010's
DC's, AC's- White 1010's

Helmet shields indicate rank and carry company assignment passports

[hwoods]

Not For Us..........

Originally posted by Stuart


Gee, can't NFPA come up with a standard for this?

God, I hope not.........

[ADSNWFLD]

Full time job
FF Black
Lt Black with a skunk stripe
Capt and above white


Part time
Explorers green
FF Black
Lt Red
Capt Yellow
Chief White