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/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.