r/Firefighting • u/Big_River_Wet • Nov 12 '24

Photos This is ridiculous

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I’m all for the fun and games, but bringing SCBAs into the kitchen? Nah. We all know these things can only get so clean.

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u/ImmediateEffectivebo Nov 12 '24

How is your bunker cleaner than the scba?

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u/an_angry_Moose Career FF Nov 12 '24

Because I know how clean the inners of my bunker gear are, the scba liners are never that clean.

I also wouldn’t wear my bunker gear indoors.

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u/Excellent_Snow_8082 Nov 12 '24

Do you wear your bunker pants on medical calls? My officer does and I’ve seen a lot of guys do it. I’m new and that’s something that kind of baffles me

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u/an_angry_Moose Career FF Nov 12 '24

Depends on the call, if it’s cpr I do. The person is already dead and I’m going to be on my knees.

If it’s an OD I do, more or less same reason.

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u/Excellent_Snow_8082 Nov 12 '24

That makes sense, I’ve been holding off doing that because I don’t want bring my gear into people’s homes but my officer does it all the time even on minor medical calls if it’s in the middle of a the night. Thank you for responding

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u/FloodedHoseBed career firefighter Nov 12 '24

While it’s a very good and well needed practice to be wary and understanding of what is on your gear and the effects it has, the reality is that having it on inside someone’s home for 10-30 minutes is going to do zero harm to them. The biggest risk they face is you brushing against their couch and getting it dirty or something.

Same as when people go apeshit when they see a used helmet or a turnout coat on a little kid. Like the two minutes of contact on the kid isn’t going to cause instant terminal stage 10 mega cancer. If it did, we’d all be fucked

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u/silly-tomato-taken Career Firefighter Nov 13 '24

The dose makes the poison. People act like cancer is jumping off the gear everywhere we go (I imagine it similar to Pigpen from Peanuts comics).

The people I know who've gotten cancer are the ones who spent a ton of time in training burns.

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u/ITFOWjacket Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24

I’m not really qualified to weigh in but I would absolutely wear my bunker pants on med calls. The Cargo pockets are king, knee pads, all your tools and supplies don’t have to transfer back and forth, it’s the same muscle memory for every call.

I understand the risks but it’s also the job. I want to do it the right way, the easy way, without having to think about it, every time.

I’ve only worn used, donated gear in class. Basically the same as the carharrts I’m usually in except better in every way. And cancer. 🤷‍♂️

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u/imbrickedup_ Nov 12 '24

That’s cause he doesn’t feel like putting his pants on lol