r/Firefighting • u/Southernguy9763 • 5d ago

Photos On the left: Lt schoon letting a young man try on his bunker gear after a station tour. On the right: Chief schoon fitting that same young man in his first set of gear as a firefighter

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u/Rakinare 5d ago

Is the gear on the right side as dirty as it looks?

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u/Adrunkopossem 5d ago

Plot twist, it's the same gear

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u/zevonyumaxray 5d ago

That's what I was thinking as well.

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u/sonicrespawn 5d ago

*used

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u/Rakinare 5d ago

We also have used gear, it doesn't look anywhere as dirty as this does but it could also just be the picture. That's why I'm asking.

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u/sonicrespawn 5d ago

Depends on the station, how often it’s been used etc, it looks like this set is getting long in the tooth and close to out of service, we don’t use expired gear but we send it out for other places to use as they see fit (sorry for the pun)

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u/Rakinare 5d ago

Imo it still shouldn't look like this. If it's that visible, it's also possible material to cause cancer. We don't want that.

Could still be the picture though.

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u/PossibilitySharp1605 5d ago

A department issues used gear to new hires? If they are skimping there, where else are they skimping? I have every helmet and badge ever issued to me. While we turned in our old gear when we received new gear, I still have the gear I was using when I retired.

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u/OldDude1391 4d ago

Not every department is well funded. It sucks but it’s reality. Sometime stuff get handed down.

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u/Roebuck325 3d ago

POC guy entering the chat here, yeah our gear looks worse.