mikeyfireman

Great Googly moogly, they are off.

The effects of dirty gear are really bad too. The carcinogens can cross the skin barrier when you sweat. The forest service is really bad when it comes to this, a lot of crews see dirty gear as a badge of honor. Base camp looks like a homeless encampment half the time.

I was a city fire guy for 20 years and there is now a ton of research on the effects of dirty gear. They are literally says you should take your gear off at the scene of a structure fire, bag it and don’t touch it until it’s been decon’ed. And while there are a lot more bad things in a structure fire, there is still a lot of bad stuff in wild land as well.

Part of that is because the feds aren’t “firefighters” they are forestry technicians. Dudes are out there killing themselves for damn near minimum wage. It’s bullshit.

I've always been a fan of a massive undercarriage.