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Permalink Reply by Justin Harmon on May 22, 2008 at 8:10pm

In my dept we all have Ben 2 traditional style.
White-Cheif and ass cheif
Red- All other officers
Black- Firefighters
Yellow dome type ugly uncomfortable type helmet- rookies and explorers

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Permalink Reply by ARNOLD on May 23, 2008 at 10:03am

IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION USES THE HELMET COLOR CODING.THE THE YELLOW HELMET IS FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADES,ORANGE FOR THE SPECIAL RESCUE UNIT(SRU) OF THE BUREAU,THE BLUE FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE(EMS),BLACK FOR THE NON-OFFICERS,RED FOR THE LEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN,AND WHITE FOR THE MAJOR UP TO 2 STAR GENERAL.but sometimes it is not observed or being followed due to lack of equipment and the BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION is still on its stage of MODERNIZATION,besides, it is not safe to paint the helmets .

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Permalink Reply by Firefighter/EMT 588 on May 23, 2008 at 4:21pm

White-Chief , 1st & 2nd assist. chief
Red-Captain
Dark Blue-Lt
Black w/black and white sheild-Firefighter/EMT
Black w/orange sheild- Non-trained(in training) firefighter
Light blue- EMS officers
Orange- Safety officer
Yellow-Jr.firefighters

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Permalink Reply by Ryan 701 on June 5, 2008 at 3:49pm

My Department:
White =Chief and Assistant Chief
Red =Captains
Black=Firefighters
Yellow=Probationary Firefighters
Blue=Junior Firefighters

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Permalink Reply by Caleb French on June 5, 2008 at 4:07pm

the way our fire dept works, is that the chief and asst chief wear white, the captains and lieutenants wear red, firefighters wear yellow, and emts wear blue

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Permalink Reply by Bill Anderson on June 5, 2008 at 4:27pm

Regular members wear black Cairns 1010's, new members /rookies get yellow Cairns Metro's. No distinction in colors for officers as almost anyone can be command at an incident.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Farrar on June 6, 2008 at 12:15pm

Swanton Vt.
Chief & Asst. Chief's White
Capt's. Red
Lt's. Yellow
FF's Black
Explores get a really nasty looking orange
The Capt and LT's are sometime in black leathers and if so the front for an LT is white with black letters and the Capt;s front is white with Red letters

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Permalink Reply by strtcopr on June 6, 2008 at 6:03pm

you're kidding right? The dept. to which I belong used to worry about stuff like that. Keep it simple. Ask yourself...what do the large dept.'s do....not so much as to act like them...but these are the ,guys doing it day in and day out and do they have these problems identifying who is who? I think not. The FDNY puts more men on a scene than anyone and everybody wears black except for chiefs. They identify by front shields (color/rank,if applicable,unit # and id #). Its kinda funny....ya get these small depts. that put 15 guys on the fireground and and not 4 guys have the same color helmet.

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Permalink Reply by HAROLD PETERSON on July 23, 2008 at 12:35pm

White = Chief officer (Chief - Deputy Chief), Red = "Squad A" (Heavy Rescue one of the busiest in country firehouse magazine), Black = Engine Co., Black w/ Red top = Ladder/Tower Co. BROCKTON, MA

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Permalink Reply by bernie on July 23, 2008 at 1:26pm

White : Lt., Captain,all dept. chief, orange :Safty , Blue : EMS, Black : Firefight and Red : Rookie.

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Permalink Reply by J Day on July 23, 2008 at 2:02pm

in my dept, white=officers, black(or natural leather)=firefighter, yellow(modern helmet)=juniors-unless their parents buy them one, in which case, its black with a yellow front

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Permalink Reply by VollyGuy on July 23, 2008 at 4:04pm

Chief - White
Caplain - White (with a cross on the shield)
Captain - Red
Lieutenant - Black with orange reflectors and red shields
Firefighter - Black with yellow reflectors and black shields
Probie - Black with yellow reflectors and yellow shields

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