Helmet Decals

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Permalink Reply by Ian Thompson on August 9, 2009 at 10:39pm

Just helmet nunbers for L.A. County Fire

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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on August 15, 2009 at 10:28am

no disrespect, but I did not know the LA Co wore traditional leathers. I thought that most of the brothers in California wore the West coast style helmets(sorry, but I do not know the proper name for them). Nonetheless, thanks for the insight.

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Permalink Reply by SMOKEnPipesJim on August 18, 2009 at 10:01pm

shareef, I am pretty Ian stated early on Thats sometime after 9=11 leather traditionals became approved as a symbolic jesture of brother hood.. Though nt typical La issue, some guys supposedly opted for them... San Fran traditionally has always worn Traditionals and I getthe feeling thatcomes from traditions brought west with the 49'ers and orginal growth of the city, having quite a few of the cities orginal Firemen were NYC pre civil war of course and pre paid

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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on August 15, 2009 at 10:29am

I have a sticker on the back of my helmet in place of one of the tetrahedrons that is in the shape of a mosque with"Allah on one side of it and Muhammed" on the other side. Yes, I am muslim by faith.

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Permalink Reply by capt4021 on August 27, 2009 at 11:40pm

I have th superman shield on the bottom part of my helmet not replacing any tets and i have a maltese cross in rememberance of Firefighter Michelle Smith from Delaware City station 15 killed in the line of duty in Dec. of 2008. that i used to replace one of my tets

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Permalink Reply by Paul Dudan on September 21, 2009 at 6:14pm

i replaced a tetrahedron on the rear it reads 'united we stand' with a bald eagle in the middle.i also have a reflective 2" American Flag below it.just picked up another this weekend not sure if i'll put it in my helmet but it reads "Put up, shut up, or get the hell off my truck junior."

decal is the same as this one but different cut

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Permalink Reply by Jason Koontz on September 26, 2009 at 11:32am

ones replaced with the skull and irons, another with a superman shield, a third with a fighting irishman. I always replace all the original tets with ones I order, the 3M lime and silver ones. I never like the originals, so I order those, just because I like the way they look, both on the helmet, and when I'm inside in the dark everyone seems to be able to see me a lot easier. Not real fond of having people lose me in the dark!!

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Permalink Reply by Rick Westerman on October 1, 2009 at 11:49pm

check out firefrontstore.com, they have really cool front holders with many colors and designs.

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Permalink Reply by David Barlow on October 28, 2009 at 2:26am

Check out what my son a firefighter does with solid leather and with older used helmets and an air brush. He has only been painting for about 8 months and hand carving and painting the shields since March. www.brentscustoms.com

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Permalink Reply by Alan Shaw on October 12, 2009 at 10:33am

I replaced the standard tetrahedrons with green/silver/green triple trim ones. I have some other "buff" stickers underneath those, ranging from the skull with crossed irons, to a Saint Andrew's flag. I just bought the Everybody Goes Home sticker at the National Memorial service, so that will be replacing something.

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