What to put in your pockets! For beginners and junior firefighters. Gear set up episode: 2.
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- Hey everyone! Thanks for watching part two of the gear set up series! In this video we focus on what’s in the pockets of and on my gear. To help you and others set up theirs! Enjoy!
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Grab some cable cutters to replace the side cutters, if you get caught up in coax, you're going to need the cable cutters. They fit well in the radio pocket. I also carry a multipurpose folding pocket knife that has a 3inch blade, seat belt cutter, and a window punch on it for vehicle extrication. When you start doing interior work, think about how you're going to get out, if that's a bailout bag or repel system, and practice with it.
What I carry:
Helmet: detachable flashlight (mostly for stuff like car accidents where I need both my hands free and also a light I can move)
Chest: streamlight survivor light
Radio pocket: cable cutters and 2 wooden chocks
Right coat pocket: extrication gloves, trauma shears
Left coat pocket: mechanix work gloves, screwdriver, multitool (I will emtpy my coat pockets for fire calls)
Right pants pocket: 50ft of 7.5mm rope. Used for all kinds of things.
Left pants pocket, 24ft webbing loop rolled up inside an ems glove, channellock "rescue tool" (pliers, hard wire cutters, spanner, gas wrench, pry bar), 2 more door chocks
All pretty lightweight stuff that doesn't restrict movement
Just joined my volunteer fire department, thank you for this video
as a junior firefighter myself, i've found that i carry a screwdriver, and a couple more small wedges, also, i used your method with my webbing in my radio pocket and it works great, stay safe
Awesome! Glad to hear it!
I don't carry anything in my gear, but I carry a light in my EMS pants and gloves. My department allows explorers to carry radios.
Great video. Personally I keep my streamlight survivor light flipped upside down. It helps when you're laying on the ground to keep the light beam pointing forward. They make leather holders for it and they work great!
Thanks for the video and channel !
Cable cutters with webbing attached to handle, spring clamp for door control, fire gloves, extrication gloves, and 10-15 ft of webbing with carabiner. Simple and light. Anything else you will need is in a medical bag or tool bag on the truck
I use a folding spanner called a Res-Q-Wrench and carry two of them (breaking down hose is easier with two). They are a multi tool and also have a seatbelt cutter built in, and they have been my favorite way of taking glass on an extrication.
Light work gloves are good when I need more dexterity and not in a fire or extrication situation.
I definitely prefer cable cutters (can also get as a multi-tool with gas shut offs and in a pinch a spanner), de-energizing a car is what I have used them for most, but just being able to cut bigger stuff has helped (like the metal bands on some palletized loads in semi fires).
I do like wedges a lot so I carry more cheap wood ones so I don't care if I lose them.
I should also say, I would cut down on the things dangling from your coat. It's fine with gloves you are going to wear because you have them on when working, but the cutters would bug me dragging around.
Awesome vid, personally I’m a two folding spanner guy because I’ve found myself in situations where one spanner is better than one however two would lessen time messing with couplings. Really appreciate you wearing gloves the entire time, if you can’t get it with gloves on don’t plan on getting it at all!
Neat video, thanks man 😊
My pockets are nowhere near as stuffed as yours but so far I never had any issues.
I carry door latch wires and a plastic latch shim. What comes in handy also is one of those control cabinet key sets with different square and triangular keys etc. In my case it’s a Knipex Twin Key which is probably as compact as it gets. Even got a second one of those for my private EDC. The same is true for an automatic center punch (mine is a Starrett). Other than that, a rescue knife, two webbing loops with carabiners and gloves (whichever pair I am not currently wearing). That’s it.
Don’t get me wrong, I love all the „gadgetry“ (and I do not mean that in a derogatory way at all!) as much as the next guy. In my experience though, carrying too much stuff will result in losing some of it because half of it spills out when you retrieve one item. Things also tend to accumulate in pockets and before you know it you are a walking, talking hardware store for shiny little knick-knacks that only have one very specific use case but are dead weight that you just schlepp along for 364 days of the year on the off chance you might need it. It’s that way for me at least and I have to make a conscious effort to avoid the „gadget trap“, so your mileage may vary. If it works for you though: by all means keep doing it!
You'll find that you can do a lot with a decent pair of trauma shears. My advice would be to hold on to the raptors and take out the seatbelt cutter and the other pair of shears. You should also have 4 or 5 door chocks (one for the front door, two for a stairwell, one for the fire room, and one extra) you can put these on your helmet with a helmet band or carry them in your pockets.
Really like this setup. You may want to switch out your electrical tape loop with a small portion of webbing on your cable cutters. That loop of electrical tape may become more elastic in a heated environment, and may even fail in a high heat environment. Love the 'rescue bag' idea - I'll be using that. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your feedback! And we are glad we could help!
@@juniorfireguidance8286 Do you remember the name of the pouch you are using for the rescue bag?
@@andrewmcdonald1746 I will find that for you and put a link in the comments!
@@juniorfireguidance8286 Many thanks!
Spare hood and extra FF gloves
im going to my station for the first time what kind of calls can i expect to go on?
Hey dude, it’s Roman with JFG.
It 100% depends on where you’re located. Small towns and big cities are going to have different call volumes and types of calls.
Usually you can expect lots of boring medicals, with traumas being few and far between.
Small car accidents, some larger ones that require fluid clean up or maybe extrication.
Structure/brush fires not super common but definitely happen.
Be well trained, educated, and ready for anything. Try to be constantly improving your skill set, education level, and physical fitness. Hope this helps, best of luck out there brother!
Gerber muliti-tool
A spare ax.
If you can find a way to put an ax in your gear pockets, especially a spare one, please let me know how you’d do such!
@@juniorfireguidance8286 Think they mean an officers hachet. Most are about 15-16 inches total and weigh 2-4 pounds. Get yourself an axe cover with some form of reliable attachment (carabiner works of course) and clip it to your gear where it won't obstruct your movement but you can still reach it easily. You can use it to force entry, smash locks and windows, and cut through drywall.
Very useful to have laying around in a pinch when you have to get yourself out. Vaughan makes a nice 22oz, 13 inch "half hatchet" with a hammer head on one side and an axe head on the other, and the axe side has a roof notch cut into it so you can plant it and it'll stay put. Not sure how well it's built compared to purpose built tools but if you wanna save some money, it's cheaper than paying $75 or more for one from a fire tool supplier.
You make a good point!!
What shove knife is that please
It is the Williams key shove knife! Here’s the link:
williamskey.com/product/williams-folding-key/
a lot of stuff
You’re carrying way too much much . 2 pieces of webbing 2 sets of wire cutters one on each side of body upper and lower . That’s it for a structure fire .
You will learn with more experience. Good luck!! When you first start out , you think you need all of this stuff.
Where you work? No full time guy is carrying that crap. Cutters, small multi tool, webbing rope, quick clips, and some triangles. You try and actually work with that stuff in your gear? Guessing not.
All I've got in my gear is 10ft of webbing tied in a water knot in the right side coat pocket with a climbing rated carabiner attached to it, some inexpensive but thicker leather work gloves, safety glasses, earplugs and an N95 in my left coat pocket and my cable cutters in the radio pocket. (May sound like a lot of stuff but it's all super lightweight stuff so I often forget it's there unless I happen to need it). As for my bunker pants, the right cargo pocket holds my bailout bag with 50ft of 4000lb rated webbing in it with an auto locking climbing carabiner attached via a figure 8 on a bight. Left pocket has a "channellock" 'rescue tool', a folding spanner, and my glass punch in it in a pocket organizer. Already put the channellock to use for shutting down the gas to the building due to a gas fed fire on the porch we were trying to extinguish.
He is a Junior FF not a full timer
Junior firefighter
He a junior firefighter
Too much extraneous crap for crawling down long hallways. Light and fast, leave all the other stuff on the piece. 3 pairs of gloves? Old school jake.
Too much crap in your pocket. Most of your stuff can't be opened with gloves on. All you need is webbing 11 in 1 screwdriver utility knife extra flashlight wedge and lineman pliers. The wire cutters are only good for one thing. Lineman do multiple. Wait till you are on the job a few years before you make recommendations. You need more experience. Why do you have a SCBA in your basement? If I was one of your officers I would be ticked off.
SCBA is in my basement because I was allowed to use it for this demonstration. Approved by my officers, especially considering it’s a spare and we have plenty ready to go. I’ve been on the job for three years now, seen a lot of fires, medicals, rescues etc. I respect your opinion completely. However from my own experience I have been able to use each thing I carry on my gear swiftly. Not to mention, I’ve used everything I carry multiple times. If I can operate with it efficiently and quickly. Then I think it’s ok.