What color is your helmet?
David J Reimer Sr
I would like to start a conversation on "The Color of Your Helmet"
What level of authority does the color of your helmet represent. From
probi to chief, safety officers to photographer? What about special
marking on your helmet, ID rockers.
Are there any "rules" within the big picture of the fire service that
dictate helmet colors and markings in the fire department ladder.
DAVID
kevin baker
Black = Probationary FF's
Yellow = All other FF's
White = Chief and Assistant Chief
Shields have titles on them such as Training Officer (That would be me), Lt,
Captain, etc.
Kevin Thomas Baker
FF/Instructor III Training Officer
Jessamine Co. FD
201 W. Oak Street
Nicholasville Ky 40356
(606)885-9221
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In Atlanta:
Chiefs: White
Captains and Lieutenants: Red
Firefighter, FireMedic, Fire Apparatus Operator: Black
Yellow used to indicate Rescue units before they were taken out of service,
Now they indicate Metro. Fire Assoc. (Buff Club)
Orange used to be the PIO. New PIO is not from the fire service, so she will
probably not wear a helmet.
Shoe
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This is how our helmets color work, Black is the grunt, stickers indicate
whether the memeber is cadet or 2nd, 1st lt. or capt. safety officer for our
extracation wears orange/yellow color, engineer is red, the asst chief, and
chief wear white helmets with markings. We just started to switch to a more
traditional style helmet(BULLARD) and this will be interesting as for the
stickers kinda are hard to read on them. I wear a leather Sam Houston,
officers wear white frontals w/ red print, white letters, as well as the
chiefs.
James Reedman
2nd LT. Possumtown VFC
Hank Przybylowicz
David J Reimer Sr wrote:
>
> I would like to start a conversation on "The Color of Your Helmet"
> What level of authority does the color of your helmet represent.
In Newark, N.J., we use the traditional New Yorker-style helmets and
they are in 3 different colors as follows:
Black - F/Fs and company officers
White - Chief officers
Red - Auxiliary F/Fs and/or Bell & Siren Club members
We use the following colors on helmet frontpieces to designate the type
of company an individual is assigned to.
Engine
F/F - Black w/white numbers
Capt. - White w/black numbers
Truck
F/F - Red w/white numbers
Capt. - White w/red numbers
Rescue
F/F - Blue w/white numbers
Capt. - White w/blue numbers
Salvage (no longer in service - Now I'm showing my age :) )
F/F - Green w/white numbers
Capt. - White w/green numbers
Probie or rookie (aka Red Asses) F/Fs wear orange frontpieces until
their probie period is completed.
Stay safe, all,
Chief Hank
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About the helmet. My department has the regular members wear red helmets,
the officers wear yellow, and the Chief wears white
FF/EMT Ed Cook
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In a message dated 97-03-09 18:08:51 EST, you write:
<< Are there any "rules" within the big picture of the fire service that
dictate helmet colors and markings in the fire department ladder.
>>
Here goes:
In the CITY of Los Angeles the helmet colors are as follows:
WHITE - Chief Officers (and appointed Commissioners)
ORANGE - Captains (I & II)
BLUE - EMS personnel
RED - Inspectors and Cause Investigators
YELLOW - Everyone else (Firefighters, Apparatus Operators and Engineers)
The same color scheme is used by LA COUNTY Fire.
Bill Raddatz
Not a member, just a Buff
Ken Aron
David J Reimer Sr <drei...@juno.com> wrote in article
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> I would like to start a conversation on "The Color of Your Helmet"
> What level of authority does the color of your helmet represent. From
> probi to chief, safety officers to photographer? What about special
> marking on your helmet, ID rockers.
> Are there any "rules" within the big picture of the fire service that
> dictate helmet colors and markings in the fire department ladder.
>
> DAVID
>
Black = Joe Firefighter
Red = Company Level Officer
White = Department Chief, Assistant Chiefs
Yellow = Safety Officer
A Star of Life at the 9 and 3 o'clock positions indicates the member as an
EMT or higher.
Ken
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>I would like to start a conversation on "The Color of Your Helmet"
>What level of authority does the color of your helmet represent. From
>probi to chief, safety officers to photographer? What about special
>marking on your helmet, ID rockers.
>Are there any "rules" within the big picture of the fire service that
>dictate helmet colors and markings in the fire department ladder.
>
>DAVID
It all depends on the policy of your jurisdiction as to what the color
stands for
ROB FARLEY
David,
Our department uses the following system:
Chief officers White
Company Officers Red
Firefighters/Engineers Yellow
In my previous department it was
All officers White
All Engineers/Firefighters Yellow
Hope this helps
Rob
Gina Gaita
May I ask if you are using Cairns helmets?
Deanna
On Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:30:19, -0500 BMW...@prodigy.com (MR NATHAN J
TRAUERNICHT) writes:
>As a Fire Explorer in Lincoln Fire Department Post #888, our helmets
>are royal blue, lime reflective, and have cresents that say "Fire
>Explorer".
>
>Nathan J. Trauernicht
>President Fire Explorer
>Lincoln Fire Department
>Post #888
>
PLU321
Chiefs White
Captains Red
Lieutenants Yellow
Firefighters Black
Saftey officer Blue
The Ambulance squad has Orange
R. & J. Pierce
My previous Department had the following color system:
Chief White
Lieutenant Yellow
Captain Red
All other FFs Black
My husband's department where he is a chief just does white for chiefs,
and black for all else, I think. I know that being a Fire Investigator,
he also has a Yellow Helmet (I think) And he'll correct me if I'm wrong
about it, I know.
Jennifer Pierce
R. & J. Pierce
If I remember right, my husband was telling me about the NYC Fire
Department. Not only are they color coded as to helmets, but also the
shields on the helmets, too. A certain colored helmet with a certain
color shield on it differentiates between the different
officers/rankings within the NYFD. He'd be able to tell you better
which color helmet and shield means what.
jennifer Pierce
malcolm cowan
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david....our dept uses these colors....white for the fire chief
white for lt.
---------- yellow for f.f.
benton twp.fire dept. benton harbor mi
malcolm cowan lt.
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Subject: Re: What color is your helmet?
David J Reimer Sr <drei...@juno.com> wrote in article
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> I would like to start a conversation on "The Color of Your Helmet"
> What level of authority does the color of your helmet represent. From
> probi to chief, safety officers to photographer? What about special
> marking on your helmet, ID rockers.
> Are there any "rules" within the big picture of the fire service that
> dictate helmet colors and markings in the fire department ladder.
>
> DAVID
>
Black = Joe Firefighter
Red = Company Level Officer
White = Department Chief, Assistant Chiefs
Yellow = Safety Officer
A Star of Life at the 9 and 3 o'clock positions indicates the member as an
EMT or higher.
Ken
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Mike Bankson
I'm on a volunteer fire dept. in Truth or Consequences, NM. We have about 25
firefighters in our dept.
Our dept uses the following colors:
Chief/Captains White
Saftey officers Blue
Firefighters Black
I hope this helps also,
Mike
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ban...@riolink.com
T. or C., NM
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William A Bongiorno
My helmet is a 5A style Cairns, Black w/ Boston-style reflective
markings on the side (moment of humble silence here.....). The
frontspiece is white with my company emblem on it. The traditional style
suits me better for photography. I've found the "newer" style helmets get
in the way of the flash and sometimes the shooting. I've used a "hard
hat" for investigations, but if there's a lot of water being tossed
around, the Cairns offers the most protections for me. My photo equipment
is NIkon and that's stood up to the abuse the fire gives them for decades
now. I attempt to protect myself and my equipment alla' time.
Bill Bongiorno,MFP
International Director, IFPA
bfp...@aol.com
Juniors = Black Helmets w/ JR or Junior Crescents
Probationary = Black Helmets w/ PB
Yellow = Firefighters & Engineers
Red = Captains
White = Asst. Chiefs, Deputy Chief, Chief
Blue = Paramedics
Brandon Guest
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:13:38 +0000
> From: "R. & J. Pierce" <pier...@northnet.org>
> To: FIR...@cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: What color is your helmet?
Helmet colors seem to be a matter of 'tradition' and regional
preference. While I've never research NFPA or IFSTA on the subject, I'm
sure they have comments or recommendations (they do on everything else,
why not helmets ;-).
Anyhow, I usually avoid these threads because they never seem to die;
however, I'll add what is the 'general' preference here in the
Minneapolis/St. Paul West Metro area:
Firefighters: Yellow
Company Officers: Red
Chief Officers: White
There is also a 'trend' back towards the 'traditional' leather (or
leather look-a-like) helmet. In this case substitute black for
Firefighers. As an aside, helmet color seems to be less critical (IMHO)
when ICS is installed and operating. In this case who has the radio is
the 'responsible party'.
One final comment. Some departments in our area use helmets to
identify probationary firefighters. This tends to be done with blue
helmets (solely because blue is a readily available color) and as they
gain experience yellow with a blue stripe. Due to the color, these
firefighers are affectionately referred to as 'smurfs' and 'baby
smurfs'.
Brandon
Chief, Hamel Vol. Fire Dept.
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In my department the color of the helmet indicates the type of company the
individual is with. They are as follows:
Black - Engine Co.
Red - Truck Co.
Yellow - Squad Co.(HazMat)
White - Rescue Co.
The Chiefs also wear white helmets too.
Chuck
Syracuse F.D.
Joe Lacks
FROM JOE LACKS, CAPT. GOUVERNEUR FIRE DEPT. NEW YORK
WHITE: CHIEF & ASST.CHIEFS
BLUE: CAPTAINS (FOREMAN)
BLACK: FIREFIGHTERS
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In Raleigh, NC the color of helmets are as follows:
black: all firefighters and engineers
red: company officers
white: all chief officers
Peter Brock
Captain
Yel...@aol.com
we have three, Yellow for Boots to drivers and paramedics, red for officers
and white for Chiefs.
smokeeater
Capt & Liet (red)
Firefighters (Yellow & Black)
Kevin
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Greg
Here in New Zealand we operate with the following :
Firefighters - Yellow Helmet with 1 red band around it
Senior Firefighters - Yellow Helmet with 2 red bands
Fire Officers - Yellow Helmet with Silver band with FIRE OFFICER in red
on the band
Chief & Deputy Chief Fire Officers - White Helmet with silver band &
Chief or Deputy Chief Fire Officer written on the band
Operational Support / Fire Police - Blue Helmets
Fire Safety investigators etc - Yellow Helmets
Recruits at training centre - Red Helmets
Cheers
Greg
Chuck Kennedy
Our department uses the folowing helmet colors:
Chiefs (Company, Battalion & Deputy) - White
Captains - Red
Lieutenants - Blue
Firefighters (certified to NFPA FF1 minimum) - yellow
Probationary - yellow w/ probationary rocker
Probationary/red stripe (not cleared on SCBA- can't enter burning
building) - yellow w/ red stripe and probationary rockers.
Chuck
Arnold VFD
Anne Arundel Co. MD
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Hawthorne Fire Department,Hawthorne new jersey
WHITE-- CHIEF/ASSISTANT CHIEF
RED--CAPTAINS
YELLOW--1ST&2ND LIEUTENANTS
BLACK--FIREFIGHTERS
eric r. galant
Here on our department we use the following:
WHITE= Chief Officers
RED= Officers (Lieutenant, and Captian)
YELLOW= Drivers (engineers), Firefighters (rookie and vets)
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In a message dated 97-03-13 15:51:02 EST, you write:
> Chief White
> > Lieutenant Blue
> > Captain Red
> > All other FFs Yellow
>
This is how Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County Fire Department uses the
color helmets.
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Cambridge, MA:
Everyone wears Leather New Yorkers (with the impact cap)
White for Chief Officers with yellow reflexite
Black for all other personnel with the following reflexite color scheme:
Yellow for Engine Co.'s
Red for Ladder Co.'s
Blue for Rescue/Ambulance Co.
Kenneth R. Fowler
Yel...@aol.com wrote:
>
> we have three, Yellow for Boots to drivers and paramedics, red for officers
> and white for Chiefs.
In Fairfax County:
Red- Fire/Cadet or Members in Training
Yellow- FFII/EMT or other fire trained personnel
Blue- *NEW* EMS only Volunteers
White- Chief/Battalion Chiefs/Officers
Ken
JohnRobbie
LYNN, MA USA
Helmets are Leather New Yorkers
Engine Firefighters: Black w/black shields and white numbers, Black coats
Ladder Firefighters: Black, tops of Helmet painted red, Black Shields and
red numbers, Black coats.
Heavy Rescue Firefighters: Black with red shields, Black coats
Engine Officers: Black with white shields and black numbers, Black
coats.
Ladder Officers: Black, tops of Helmet painted red, white shields and red
numbers, Black coats.
Rescue Officers: Black with white shields and blue numbers, Black coats
District Chiefs: White with white shields and black letters, black coats.
Deputy Chiefs: White with white shields and black letters, white coats