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About LinkBacksIf I am not mistaken, the impact cap was designed to protect one's cranium from the drop of a sharp object from the height of 8 feet. Just my luck, I would get hit in the head with a sharp object dropped from an 8 feet, 1 inch height!
Anthing of any weight dropped from any height has got to hurt just a little!
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07-29-2002, 07:38 PM #21Forum Member
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07-29-2002, 07:52 PM #22MembersZone Subscriber
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On my job LEATHER RULES!!!!! About 75% of the guys have leather and quite a few have 5A without the skull cap. Haven't had any accidents yet. One guy has a panel collapsing (time to replace it!!) and others have small holes etc. When the current chief was made in 98' he tried to outlaw the skull capless leathers, but many kindly reminded him that only a week before he was wearing one with holes throughout. So it was dropped. In defense of CRUST I would have to say let em' wear it.
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Fire Dept. City of New York
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07-30-2002, 12:37 PM #23Member
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Forget the helmets,
We ride 3 on a truck, even the ladder.
That will get me killed quicker than a non-NFPA helmet.
Fix that, then I'll worry about the helmet.
P.S. I wear a non-NFPA Cairns 891A (1991) w/ bourkes and safety glasses. It is a great helmet, light, great fit, love it. If a spike gets driven through my skull in a fire, they can put a letter in my file. But, put the helmet in my casket, I want to show it to God.
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07-31-2002, 02:29 AM #24Forum Member
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Move to my area of New England. Would you like to be the officer on the Ladder, or the driver? Because those are your options in many places.
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07-31-2002, 10:54 AM #25Forum Member
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FHandz17- Wrote:
I like that one. I cant say that I completely agree but I like it. LOLIf a spike gets driven through my skull in a fire, they can put a letter in my file. But, put the helmet in my casket, I want to show it to God.
Shawn M. Cecula
Firefighter
IACOJ Division of Fire and EMS
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07-31-2002, 02:55 PM #26MembersZone Subscriber
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We just got rid of our last Safeco helmet last year and I was glad to see it go. If you smacked somebody on the back with those on, the shell would fly off and leave you with nothing but the skull cap.
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