cfd123 said:
thats like that everywhere.... u will find more people giving up regular gear and keeping thier helmets not matter the damage. the helmet is the story behind the firefighter. u know the area and the experiance that the firefighter will have by the conditon of his helmet
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Maybe I'm getting a little off topic here but.......
The above statement is just not true. FFs do stupid things to make their helmets look "salty". Check some real experienced chief's and FF's and tell me these guys didn't work in busy fire companies or that they did nothing their whole career.
No salt + no leather = no fire duty in area/no experience??? ???
What about the young guy who just gets on and buys a leather helmet with his own money then gets it "salted up" at one fire and looks like to went to hell and back?
That statement above is just ridiculous and stupid, sorry. :-\