Mental and physical health enable a firefighter to stay focused on a task and have the endurance to complete it. If you are interested in becoming a firefighter, please click here. Request information. West Palm Beach First Name. The protective gear firefighters wear helps to keep them safe, agile and as light on their feet as possible. This supplies fresh air to the firefighter to allow breathing in a smoke filled toxic environment.
Firefighters wear helmets made of hard plastic or leather to protect their heads from fire and falling objects. The helmet has a chin strap to keep it in place.
The SCBA is made up of a tank of fresh air a harness and pressure gauges and regulators. Firefighters carry the SCBA on their back.
The regulator controls the flow of air to the mask. They have reflective stripes so firefighters can see each other in the heavy smoke and so cars can see them at night. A firefighter wears a helmet to protect his head, a shield protects his eyes and fire-resistant fabric covers his hair, ears, and neck. He wears a mask over his face that provides clean breathing air that is kept in a tank he wears on his back. When firefighters have to be around very hazardous materials they wear special suits that make them look a little like spacemen.
The suits protect them from dangerous chemicals. In the photo below, a firefighter is being decontaminated or washed, so she can remove her suit safely. This photo shows US Air Force firefighters wearing proximity suits training to fight an aircraft fire. When a firefighter is working in a non-dangerous situation he will be wearing his "station uniform". At OHFD that means: black pants, black or gray shirt and maybe a department ball cap.
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