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/JFISHER7789 Nov 12 '24

Do you know how clean it is though?

Carcinogenic smoke can penetrate deep into the bunker gear…

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '24

Exactly, and straight through your bunker gear and into your work clothes. We had a lithium battery fire about 4 months ago that started inside of a utility/maintenance room. The smoke was thick and the atmosphere was extremely hot just from a small bank of batteries. Once the job was finished all bunker gear went through the gear washer. I threw my work clothes in the shop sink to soak and they turned the water black. Bunker gear does not offer carcinogenic protection, there's a reason we decon after fires now.