What do you carry on/in your turnout gear/bunker gear?

[ndvfdff33]

i have had the same setup for the last 13 years

helmet-
wack-pack from thefirestore.com
-1 Garvey light
-2 wedges
-window punch
assisted opening knife
golf tee
ear plugs-inside of helmet
spare cigerette- inside of helmet

bunker jacket-
accountability tags
survivor light
glove keeper-extrication gloves
hood-inside pocket

bunkers
medical glove pouch-on suspenders
bailout rig- rope and beaner, 45 or 50 foot
fire gloves
folding spanner
watchman cap-for cold NY mornings and winters
zippo
channel lock
heavy duty wire cutters

Although this thread is six years old, you at least had the sense to do a search and continue an old thread rather than start a new one. Perhaps you can shed some of this knowledge to the others.

[MFD102Explorer]

i am going on a ridealong with my paid department that i live in. I am a explorer with the next city over, and have my own turnouts. I was gaven permission to bring my turnouts on my ridealong to wear on calls, but im not sure what calls i should wear them on. I know some departments wear just pants on medicals or regular TC's, some wear full PPE to everything. What do YOU wear on different calls? I need to know what I should wear on what calls.

[explorer3580]

even though i am an explorer, we use alot of this stuff for training and i carry medical gloves everywhere when im riding along since im usually on the medic and we mostly run EMS calls
so
Helmet-real simple and light, i carry my two wooden wedges, which i use often, and my ESS googles, i use my google strapp to put my wedges in, works good
Coat-inside pocket i alwasy have atleast one pair of medic gloves, on the outside pockets i have a pair of normal leather work gloves, my pelican light, webbing, and usually my structural gloves on the strap, or in the pockets
Pants- i usually store my hood in the pockets cause i don it after i don my pant so i figure its a good spot to have it, i have another larger wedge in there that i use all the time to hold doors open, and my rescue wrench,and of course some medical gloves

[Whocares]

Nothing...Maybe a pack of smokes, but I like to carry those in my station pants pocket to keep them dry.

[Beaver52]

i am going on a ridealong with my paid department that i live in. I am a explorer with the next city over, and have my own turnouts. I was gaven permission to bring my turnouts on my ridealong to wear on calls, but im not sure what calls i should wear them on. I know some departments wear just pants on medicals or regular TC's, some wear full PPE to everything. What do YOU wear on different calls? I need to know what I should wear on what calls.

Check with the guys of the dept to see what their SOPs/SOGs are.

[ruffneck]

Bud handles in my left pants pocket. 20' and 10' webing in my Right.
Left coat pocket -Tool pouch with: 25' of danger tape (rolled real tight), Nut driver/screwdriver(w/assorted bits in holder), red and yellow chaulk, folding razor knife, trauma shears, light stick and a itty-bitty pry bar (thanks Dennis).
Right coat pocket- vise grips, cable cutters and fire gloves.
Right breast pocket- Radio.
Left brest pocket- sometimes H20. Safety glasses.
Inside coat-work gloves.
Helmet-2 TB/Dust masks.

Stay safe!

[giweff]

Bud handles in my left pants pocket. 20' and 10' webing in my Right.
Left coat pocket -Tool pouch with: 25' of danger tape (rolled real tight), Nut driver/screwdriver(w/assorted bits in holder), red and yellow chaulk, folding razor knife, trauma shears, light stick and a itty-bitty pry bar (thanks Dennis).
Right coat pocket- vise grips, cable cutters and fire gloves.
Right breast pocket- Radio.
Left brest pocket- sometimes H20. Safety glasses.
Inside coat-work gloves.
Helmet-2 TB/Dust masks.

Stay safe!

May be a stupid question but what are Bud Handles?

[Hexxus]

Bud Handles?

They accumulate over the year from drinking to much Bud.

[DaveB304]

My god do you carry a lot! Of course that isn't always a bad thing.

I carry a res-q-wrench in my pants. Other than that, I have an LED light on my helmet and a radio pocket.

[jermsFD]

Helmet: goggles, garrity light, wood chok (thinking about adding some nails) .

Coat: structural gloves on a glove keeper (the glove keeper clips to the loop on the coat, opposte the radio pocket. there really good cuz they keep the cloves right in front of you. no fumbling threw pockets.) and my coat pocets are empty.

Pants: Saftey Glasses(for extraction), mecchanics gloves(extraction again), and in the other pocket i keep several pairs of medical gloves. and i keep my nomex hood in between my boots.


i tend to keep more stuff in my pants pocket cuz no matter what you pretty much always have your pants on, where as on a hot day you might take off your coat.

[svfd930]

Helmet
SVFD decals-the best kind to have...lol
flashlight
picture of my (LATE) mother...RIP

coat
rescue gloves
nomex hood

pants I'm the only one with a golf ball because I
have the best aim...lol
ff gloves
small flashlight
candy bar
all-purpose rescue tool
and a golf ball
other than these I keep it light.Just 3 pounds extra...and thier all handy

[Firemike45]

Helmet:
Attached Visor


Bunker Coat:
(2) Accountability Tags
(1) Flash Light
(1) Pair Of Safety Glasses


Bunker Pants:
(1) Pair Of Fire Gloves
(1) Pair Of Rescue Gloves
(1) Nomex Hood

[FF2510]

Some of you guys have a ridiculous amount of crap in your pockets. I feel almost under prepared. I have the following:

Helmet - Two wedges, Hood and a Flashlight for confined spaces only, we do carry boxlights on the rigs.

Coat - Structural Gloves, pocket knife and center punch, radio in the radio pocket when on calls, again we have those on the rigs too.

Pants - Extrication Gloves, Paper Towels for wiping my facepiece, and EMS gloves, most time no EMS gloves though as we carry those on the rigs too :-)

[jonnyFD07]

i carry my structural gloves, and my extrication gloves in my bunker pants, and in my coat i carry a little pair of cutters, i dont carry to much cause when we arrive on scene i just pull all the equipment off the truck ill need, the reason i carry cutters though is cause i dont wanna run all the way back to the engine and search the tool box just for cutters

[number1skier]

left pants pocket - heavy duty dykes, mini vicegrips, multi screwdriver, combi knife
right pants pocket - hood, webbing, locking carabiners
left jacket pocket - extrication gloves
helmet - flashlight chocks

[OKFIREFIGHTER2]

As a Captain i feel the need to be perpared for an and all sitiwations

Helmet:
led light (led is the way to go very bright )
2-door wedges they also double as sprikler stops
two accountability tags
Coat:
radio
in outside pocket i have a set of ems-gloves and a pocket mask
inside pocket pen and note pad and i carry my gloves on the outside with a glove strap

Pants:
i have a firefighters tool kit and in it is a knive, window punch, spanner wrench, a set of dikes, linemen's pilers and a muti tool.on my belt i carry a bail out bag with 170 feet of rope

[Explorer3132]

Helmet :
(1) Picture of my Family
(2) FireFighter's Prayer, FireMan's Poem
(3) LED HeadLight w/ Strap

Coat :
(1) 2 Pair Rescue Gloves
(2) 1 Pair Extrication Gloves

Inside Pocket:
(1) NotePad + Pen/Pencil

Pants :
(1) Rescue Tool
(2) FireFighter's / EMS Field Guide

And Thats about it, Not going to pack down on things

[phfcjr1231]

helmet-
bourkes
goggles
garrity light
two chocks
couple golf tees

coat-
pelican little ed light on outside
pass device
--in radio pocket
wire cutters, safet glasses
utility gloves
small LED light

pants- right side
bailout bag
and webbing

pants-left side
folded peice of 3 inch made into a pocket
heres the link for tht

http://www.vententersearch.com/pockets.htm

bout the middle of the page

in the 3 inch,
flashlight,
ems shears,
seat belt cutters
window punch
multi tool
screw driver

and i keep camera somewhere in there too lol

[Elimper]

Helmet:
Wooden Wedges
Garrity LED Flashlight

In the pockets I keep wire cutters, utility knife, gerber, electrical tape, wire nuts, glass punch, rescue gloves, latex gloves, 20 ft of webbing, streamlight on the coat, carabiner.

[ke5yot]

helmet just has my shield

pants pockets: 1 pair wire cutters
1 window punch
1 leatherman
1 pair extracation gloves

jacket pockets (too hot to wear other than when going inside):
1 pair structure gloves
1 mag light (aa)