SeaborneClink posted:Buy the Whites, and as many 100% wool socks as you can afford, I'm talking like $200-300 in socks. You'll want something that is fully rebuild able, and I would suggest going with leather laces not the nylon ones, I burned 3 pair this summer, but then I am a big dummy so you may fare better.  How in the gently caress did you burn 3 pairs of boots? edit: nvm. you were talking about the laces. that makes more sense. also, seconding the Whites. Whites and Nick's are really the only options for fire boots. you don't need to spend 300$ on socks, you'll probably be living out of a red bag most the time. I carried like 5 pair or so and that was considered excessive Harry Potter on Ice posted:I know this was from Nov but for sure step up and get whites and then about 12 pairs of 100% merino wool socks. I would use anywhere from 2 pairs to 10 in a 2 week roll. This will be the biggest comfort you can give yourself. black children fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Mar 17, 2016 |
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25 lighters posted:About to start my first season as a wild land firefighter on a type II handcrew. Anyone got any pointers or things you wish someone told you before you started your first season? I don't really know what to expect besides a lot of hiking, training, cutting/digging stuff. whites are a good choice. studying your 10 & 18s is also a good choice. running is good too, although i would say hiking is probably more important. do you hike with weight? if not, you should probably start. don't do exclusively bodyweight exercises, weight training is important too. it takes strength to haul trees out of the way and poo poo. pushups are useless except for PT tests, focus on core & leg strength. alot of this depends on when your season starts though, i'm guessing probably pretty soon? don't blow yourself out right before the season, you need to give yourself a nice gap between the height of your training program's intensity and the start of the season, maybe 1-2 weeks. whatever you do, DON'T run more than a couple miles or do any insane hikes in the week right before the start of the season, you'll blow yourself out. if you still have some time, get used to hiking with weight. work your way up to hauling 50+ pounds over 20+ miles, giving yourself a day or so of rest inbetween hike days (start low & slow). use this as an opportunity to break your boots in further; grease those fuckers after every hike (don't grease em dirty; if they get all dirty, dunk them in a bathtub or a stream for a couple hours then let them dry while you wear them, then take em off and grease them). DON'T push yourself too hard too fast or you will get hosed up. drink tons and tons of water. overall your first season will be a ton of fun. mind your p's-&-q's, say something if you see something, work hard, and grease your boots after every roll. you'll have a great time 
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Mr. Nice! posted:The favorite part of the job of every firefighter I've known is the complete and unquestioned ability to just break poo poo as necessary to get their job done. this is a true fact. the gubbmint pays me beaucoup hpay to gently caress up huge tracts of woodland for basically no reason 
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IronDoge posted:Our local airpack vendor stopped by today with a demo unit of a mask mounted thermal imaging camera. The camera was mounted at eye level on the side of the mask. It linked via bluetooth to a small screen inside the mask which was right on the nose cone. Forward vision wasn't obstructed at all, you just had to look down to see the display. Wasn't heavy at all either. A little pricey though, $1500 per mask. You also start to look more like a robot than a firefighter with the camera and a voice amplifier on at the same time. Pretty neat! black children fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 21, 2016 |
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