What tools in your pockets ?

[FyredUp]

My turn,

right coat pocket: Gerber tool, 4 way screwdriver

left coat pocket: Safety glasses, a hard plastic case with a little snicky snack inside, rubber door straps, 4AA flashlight

Chest of coat: Survivor light

Inside coat pocket: Handkerchief and small notepad and pen

right pants pocket: bail out kit

left pants pocket: TFT Res-Q-Wrench, rescue webbing loop

Gut belt: small tool pouch with a Spyderco knife and a Vise Grip multi-tool (the best on the market in my humble opinion)

Helmet: Wedge and 4AA flashlight

FyredUp

[fireman4949]

Bunker coat:
Side pockets...Tapered wooden plugs and golf tees.

Right coat chest hook and strap...Big-Ed rechargable light and accountability tag.

Radio pocket...Hood (radio is on a leather radio strap).

Bunker pants:
Pockets...Fire gloves, multi-bit screw driver, cable cutters, red
and yellow Wire-Nuts, small slip-joint pliers, 20' of 1" webbing, Zip-Loc bag of $ for
late-nite donuts and coffee after a fire.

On pants adjuster strap...Gerber Gator knife and a Velcro
glove strap holding work gloves.

Radio strap:
Radio, shoulder mike, Benchmade-6 hook blade in nylon sheath, Little-Ed
Recoil light.

Helmet:
Wooden door wedge, 2 wooden sprinkler wedges, Garrity Life light.
(Inside helmet) 2 pair exam gloves, photo of my family .

Uniform belt (Last Chance Belt):
Gerber multi tool, cell phone.

SCBA Harness:
Bail-out kit.

In hand:
Griff Hook.




What have I forgotten?




Kevin

(Edit) Oh yeah, my extrication gloves and safety goggles are kept on the dash board in the engine.

[BMAIGM]

channel locks, folding knife, webbing,
screwdriver,a few nails, a chock,
utility rope.


for an extended outside op, add marshmellows, long stick, pillow.

[callaway75]

Helmet-Garrity disposable light, couple of door chocks, sprinkler wedges, nails.

Various Pockets,
multi bit screwdriver, vise grips, shove knife, 10' webbing, Mini Mag.
A few pair of disposable foam earplugs for walking around trying to find those activated smoke heads/pull stations, or for those jobs where the last thing the Bosses think about is silencing the alarm system( and yes, you can still hear the radio).
Inside Pocket,
In a plastic zip-loc bag-$20, Tums- for that great dinner that starts talking back on that 3am call, a couple of water proof strike anywhere matches, and a spare pack of smokes.

[HFDUSMC019]

L Coat pocket: Nitrile gloves, CPR Mask, can of Cope
R Coat pocket: Safety glasses, ringers gloves, pocket spanner
L Pant pocket: Self rescue bag (50 ft 11mm rope, descender, biner, and 8 foot webbing for harness), spare hood.
R Pant pocket: SOG Assissted Opening knife with built in seatbelt/cord cutter, EMS Shears, Wire cutters, door chocks (2), multi-bit screwdriver
Suspenders: Benchmade rescue hook, cell phone holster when I take it off the trouser belt.
Helmet: 4 nails, garrity light, usually another can of Cope
Trouser belt: Pager, Cell phone, Nitrile glove pouch, EMT shears and Gerber tool, Pocket mask.

[dcwark]

I am looking for dimentions on a wooden door wedge. It was called the Wisconsin wedge. anyone heard of it?

[ChicagoFF]

I am looking for dimentions on a wooden door wedge. It was called the Wisconsin wedge. anyone heard of it?

You mean the yellow ones they wear on their heads? I believe it is cheddar, but maybe a local will know more.

[CAPPYY]

I Also Carry 2 Golf Balls For Venting Those Hard To Get At Windows.

[JoshWebb]

Stanley FUBAR TOOL in a truck belt, flash light, side cutters, a hose line and my helmet. Makes for a light safe fast attack. All other tools are on the rig. local 345

[BKDRAFT]

Knowone carries hose straps?

Helmet:
1 hosestrap

Under jacket:
Radio sling with radio. Extend a mic out the top of the coat.

Inside pocket on coat:
Spare hood and spare structure gloves

Radio pocket on jacket:
Notes written on small cards that are laminated.

Opposite side on jacket:
Big Ed Flaslight

Right lower coat pocket:
Hood & structure gloves

Left lower coat pocket:
Ringers insulated gloves I use as extrication & work gloves
Saftey glasses

Left pant pocket:
Two more hosestraps

Right pant pocket:
Four wooden wedges with notches cut in them to fit over the hindge. Check new issue of firehouse if you don't know what I am talking about.
Pelican handlight
Leatherman
Golf tees (I have never heard of using them in electrical cabinets. I use myne to plug severed gas lines on vehicles)

Scabbord truck belt:
I hook my 40' rope bag onto and throw my flat head axe in there so I always have it with me.




Now I have two free hands. Usually the halligan in one and a Gas Detector/TIC with the vulcan light over the shoulder.

[BKDRAFT]

With our survivair packs with a 60 minute full bottle and all the gear listed above it added 72 pounds.

[BKDRAFT]

If anyone cares that was with Globe G-Extreme turnouts, pro warrington leather noots, and bullard salad bowl.

[quint1officer]

Fire Engineering just did an article with a different type of wooden chock, pretty standard dimensions, but had a notch about half way back for laying directly over the hinge. I haven't had the inclination to cut any yet, im leaning more towards something like this:


or this:

[danhawkeye]

A LEO I know mentioned that carrying a pack of the strongest mints you can find will come in handy if you come across a badly decayed body. Doesn't eliminate the smell, but cuts it down a little. (You could also just run back out and grab an air pack off the engine, but that's not always practical...)

[BKDRAFT]

Fire Engineering just did an article with a different type of wooden chock, pretty standard dimensions, but had a notch about half way back for laying directly over the hinge. I haven't had the inclination to cut any yet, im leaning more towards something like this:


or this:

I cut a notch in my door chocks to try it out. So far so good. The picture with the door chocks in the helmet would be good to place in a hinge but you can't place those under a door if you needed to. Those are still a great idea.

[engine13A]

lt turnout pants pocket, vice grips, shove knife, 4" folding knife, 4AA flashlight, voltage detector, small screwdriver

rt turnout pants pocket, hose strap, can of chew, leather overhaul gloves

rt coat pocket, door wedges, metal pocket spanner, ear plugs, safety glasses

lt coat pocket, wire cutting shears, webbing,

front of coat, radio {if assigned to me} rt angle flashlight, glove keeper, alarm and pull station keys

[JHR1985]

A pair of extrication gloves
Pair of EMS gloves
Flashlight because I havent put it on my helmet yet
window punch that is in pieces and a screwdriver that I can never find when I need it
Rope
I bought two folding spanners but they are so cheap that i just use them to break windows by throwing them at the window

and a radio.
Thats all i can remember.

I need to put some beef jerkey and some emergency TP for those rare occasions where it would be needed

[devildog4]

Gloves in one pocket, flashlight in another. Anything else I get what I need off the Engine. Travel lightly & swiftly!

[doughesson]

Even after making my own post,I am reminded of a river captain I worked for years ago when on this particular night,I was Johnny-on-the-spot with tools that were needed to keep the boats running that day.We'd had need of wrenches,spare flashlight batteries,some band aids,and Gatorade(tm)to list a few things I had in my tote bag.
We got back to the wharf at shift change and an oncoming Mate needed a spare battery for his walkie talkie,which just happened to be the same model as mine.
When I loaned it out,my captain looked at me incredulously and remarked,"You are starting to scare me."and the dispatcher said"Only starting?Don't ask what he'd do if the boat got hijacked."
We all carry what we think or know from experience that we will need,but let's not get to the point where we're carrying seabags clipped to out turnouts.
Like the man said,"Travel light,travel fast".To that I can only say,"Be safe."

[KEEPBACK200FEET]

Ummm, I carry an extra hood in my helmet, a set of wire cutters, a Pelican 4AA StealthLite, 15 foot of webbing and IF it's a working structure fire then I have a bag of personal life rope I'll carry. I keep those little wedges for about 3 fires and I end up losing them. I don't like to carry much in my pockets at all because the more weight you carry, the quicker you get tired.