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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => General Interest => Topic started by: Richard Halcomb on October 20, 2005, 06:20:37 PM

Title: Uniform Swap
Post by: Richard Halcomb on October 20, 2005, 06:20:37 PM

Hi to everyone!

I am a firefighter from Sydney Australia, with the New South Wales Fire Brigades. I am interested in swapping items of uniform etc with firefighters form outher parts of the world... as I am sure others are too!

If there is anyone out there who is interested, please reply, or click the email link to get in touch with me!

Be Safe,

Title: Uniform Swap
Post by: dave bev on October 22, 2005, 12:27:28 AM

richard, most uk firefighters are of a slim but muscular build (cough, cough) similar to Lord Flintoff of Preston! is it true your helmets (fire) all have corks on them?

dave bev

Title: Uniform Swap
Post by: Richard Halcomb on October 22, 2005, 03:38:32 PM

We did used to have corks on the helmets... but we found that the smoke kept the flies away just as effectively, without having the whole flash-of-flame-around-your-helmet issue! We have had to retain the cork fly defence on our dress uniforms though... silver plated of course!

Title: Uniform Swap
Post by: dave bev on October 22, 2005, 07:19:23 PM

ouch, not the old flash of flame around your helmet! see you didnt take the bait re lord flintoff - obviously spent too much time around the mess table!

dave bev