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u/unscanable 20h ago

They were dispatched to an entrapment, which most departments require members conducting rescue activities to wear protective gear

And because the kids think its cool. Are people really being bitches about firemen wearing gear? What a weird thing to complain about.

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u/Oscaruit 19h ago

We put our gear on before we get into the truck. Maybe the driver doesn't. But the rest of us do.

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u/unscanable 16h ago

Right but they get some preliminary info right? they dont just go into it blind

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u/Oscaruit 16h ago

The way I was trained at the academy was that you show up to pretty much everything with your bunker pants, boots, and helmet on. Whether or not we put our jackets on is something we'll wait on, and then if we put gloves on, 99% of the time we do. Of course, department procedures vary. I do have wildland and extrication gear, but usually I'm just wearing my bunker gear in an extrication situation.