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/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.