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Modern style helmets or Traditional style
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Posted 4 months ago This appears to be one of those things firefighters argue about. What is better? Modern style helmets or traditional style? |
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| Posted 4 months ago I prefer traditional. What about you? |
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| Posted 4 months ago I prefer traditional & leather Omnis Cedo Domus |
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| Posted 4 months ago Traditional without a doubt!!! |
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| Posted 4 months ago Traditional... we use Cairns 1010 and 1044, with a couple of Paul Conway and Ben II thrown in. |
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| Posted 9 days ago Leather and traditional all the way!! Cairns N5A here. Isnt the FD all about tradition anyway, i know mine is. |
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| Posted 9 days ago Traditional helmets are they way to go. |
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| Posted 9 days ago i have a modern but i actually prefer traditional |
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| Posted 9 days ago ok....newbie here... can someone point out and/or post pix of both so I know the differences? And what are the advantages / disadvantages of each? Thanks Psychotics build castles in the air, Neurotics live in those castles, and Psychiatrists collect the rent. |
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| Posted 8 days ago The modern style, sometimes a little lighter, lower profile, and smaller in general, but you dont have the long brim on the back that was designed to keep stuff from going down the back of your coat. Plus its not the tradion of the fire dept. you never saw FF wearing these back in the day. But mainly its your personal prefrence. This is a modern style. This is a traditional. This is a traditional Leather helmet |