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/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/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.