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/Lord-Velveeta Local 125 Nov 12 '24

Yeah unless that SCBA is brand new out of the box, I don't want it anywhere near my food. There is no such thing as a "clean" used SCBA (or any PPE) no matter how well you "clean' it.

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u/an_angry_Moose Career FF Nov 12 '24

I don’t even want a pack on my body unless I’ve got bunker gear on.

I like the idea of their training, but packs on in the house, especially in the kitchen is a no from me dog.

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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/ImmediateEffectivebo Nov 12 '24

Do you guys not wash your scba's? Do you not scrub them? How is your bunker cleaner than a scrubbed down scba? I have so many questions

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u/an_angry_Moose Career FF Nov 12 '24

This is a joke right? My bunker gear gets dissembled and run through the industrial washer with a quality detergent inners and outers separated.

Scba’s get washed and scrubbed after a fire, but they don’t go through a washing machine cycle, and the plastics all have areas where scrubbing doesn’t hit. Do you meticulously go through the pack after every fire with Q tips and rubbing alcohol? Sure it’s “clean” but it’s not actually clean. My bunker gear is cleaner, and I know it’s cleaner because I’m the only one who uses/washes it. You never know what the last guy left on a pack.

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u/ImmediateEffectivebo Nov 12 '24

I'd argue your bunker also comes out of the washing machine "clean" and not much more than that

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u/an_angry_Moose Career FF Nov 12 '24

Sure, but I’m not going to eat off it. I’m not even sure what you’re getting at anymore.

I don’t want to put exterior gear onto my body. The interior of my bunker gear is cleaner than the exterior. I wouldn’t wear my jacket inside out.