what kind of helmets does your department use?

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Permalink Reply by Steffen Binninger on March 10, 2009 at 6:35pm

In our dept. most of the members use the traditional german "Feuerwehr" - helmet; since a year, new members or if old helmets have to be replaced, you get the " Bullard H2000" which is more comfortable and better adaptable. Unfortally it does not look like the traditional helmet.

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Permalink Reply by Tony P on March 11, 2009 at 6:24am

Steffen, seriously, I thought that the H2000 was pretty close to the traditional German fire helmet? Could you post a photo of a tradional one to further my education please?

We're issued Pacific helmets, ones that look similar to thos in common use on the west coast of the USA. Composite construction.

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Permalink Reply by Steffen Binninger on March 12, 2009 at 4:47pm

Hi here are two pic's i took today, my own helmet (with the lamp on side) and a H2000. It's right that the H2000 looks like trad. helmet, but the H3000 (better model- costs more) looks exactly like trad. helmet unfortally I've no photo of that.
My helmet is made of aluminium and H2000 is made of composite fiber glass reinforcement.

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Permalink Reply by Tony P on March 13, 2009 at 5:12am

I see what you mean, close but not quite the same. I Googled the 3000 to check :)

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Permalink Reply by Steffen Binninger on March 13, 2009 at 8:01am

The "A" stands for "Atemschutz(german) = breathing protection", that means you are allowed too use a SCBA. In Germany you have to visit a special training, befor you use SCBA. Every year you have to do an physical test, and every three years there is a medical test.
I hope I could answer your question.

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Permalink Reply by Tony P on March 14, 2009 at 3:18am

We also use letters on our helmets to denote training level:
BA - Breathing apparatus
PE - Gas suits
HA - Hazmat Tech.

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Permalink Reply by Captain Frazier on March 11, 2009 at 11:10am

We use Cairns Traditionals at my department.

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Permalink Reply by Nick xLTx on March 11, 2009 at 3:24pm

The type that keeps your brains where they need to be!

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Permalink Reply by jonathan on March 11, 2009 at 3:48pm

we use carns 10-10

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Permalink Reply by Bobby on March 11, 2009 at 3:57pm

they differ, not sure what the ones the others guys have that are issued, i think their chieftain conventionals, but a few of us (myself included) has their own. mine is a chieftain traditional.

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Permalink Reply by Kody Odom on March 11, 2009 at 5:15pm

this is the helmet we use

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Permalink Reply by Kody Odom on March 11, 2009 at 5:16pm

this is my helmet

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