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/msbdiving Nov 13 '24

Some of the ones that want to look “hardcore” do. I preferred not to and wore station pants on medical calls. Yes I would take the extra 30 seconds to change so I wouldn’t be wearing heavy turnout pants for the whole day in sometimes 100+ heat on calls. Just sounds miserable. Plus, I knew two guys I worked with that got cancer in their 30’s. One testicular, the other colon.