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#181467 - 09/05/09 02:00 PM "What's in your Pockets?"
KTOA Offline
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Registered: 02/08/04
Posts: 86
Loc: SoCal
I happened upon this website yesterday, and at a minimum, it's a fun look at what firefighters are carrying and their thought process. Be sure to take a few minutes and look at the rest of the site.



What's in your Pockets

Always an interesting question... Ask any Firefighter what's in the pockets of their gear, and why. Everyone has different ideas, and there is typically an interesting explanation.

http://www.vententersearch.com/pockets.htm

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#181472 - 09/05/09 04:25 PM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: KTOA]
dweste Offline
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Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
thanks!

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#181475 - 09/05/09 06:39 PM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: dweste]
CANOEDOGS Offline
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Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1853
Loc: MINNESOTA
a lot of clever ideas and if nothing else it shows you what a nasty bit of work firefighting is--which is why it's call "fighting" i guess and just not "putting fires out"

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#181477 - 09/05/09 07:27 PM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: KTOA]
nurit Offline
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Registered: 03/27/08
Posts: 191
Loc: NYC
This one's my favorite:

"A rubber door strap, it is a simple piece of inner tube tire with two slots in it to slip over each side of a door handle. It prevents self closing doors from latching behind you."

Elegant.

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#181481 - 09/05/09 09:55 PM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: KTOA]
Nicodemus Offline
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Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
I checked out the rest of that site, and it made me respect firefighters all the more. The pictures of structures that are "Not hat they appear to be from the outside", and other hazards was wild.

Talk about walking into the unknown.
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#181490 - 09/06/09 01:04 AM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: Nicodemus]
scafool Offline
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Registered: 12/18/08
Posts: 1534
Loc: Muskoka
This is brilliant!
Posted April 02nd, 2009 | Category: Random
http://www.vententersearch.com/?p=473
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#181493 - 09/06/09 02:23 AM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: KTOA]
Matt26 Offline
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Registered: 09/27/05
Posts: 309
Loc: Vermont
It's a great site!, I've been checking it out regularly for over a year now. I've been a volunteer for almost 20 years now and I can't tell you how much info is given on VES. Read it for a while and some of the names get very familiar. Some have pretty strong personalities but that is usually a good thing.
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#181525 - 09/06/09 04:08 PM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: Matt26]
Alan_Romania Offline

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Registered: 06/29/05
Posts: 648
Loc: Arizona
VES is a great site, and it truly is a lost art of the fire service. I found the site a year or so ago and it is now one of my 4 "home pages".

A lot of the idea's in the "Whats in Your Pockets" section are tricks of the trade that have been passed down from firefighter to firefighter for years. VES has become a cool collection of tricks of the trade (that not everyone agrees on, as you can see if you read the comments ;))
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#181533 - 09/06/09 05:39 PM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: Alan_Romania]
TeacherRO Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 03/11/05
Posts: 2574
Very interesting...to see what the pro's carry...

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#181539 - 09/06/09 06:49 PM Re: "What's in your Pockets?" [Re: TeacherRO]
dougwalkabout Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 3219
Loc: Alberta, Canada
Loved the photos.

But I confess ignorance on the "Shove Knife and Elevator Key."

What are these for, and how do they work?


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