[quote name='Roto-Ray' date='11 January 2011 - 10:22 PM' timestamp='1294801342' post='419969']
I do this routinely. Simply don your turnouts, sit in the seat, put your airpack straps across your shoulders, then put your seatbelt on. You can still be ready to go on arrival without sacrificing safety.
As for catching a fire while your enroute back from another call, then those are the times where you should don your gear on arrival, as ever unpopular as that option might be!
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Ah, the voice of reason. It seems that we as a fire service do more training hours than we've ever done, but somehow just can't grasp a simple concept such as this. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> We have guys coming out of rookie school with college degrees (yep; I've got one too.), but they need a widget to tell them to put their seatbelt on. Just plain pathetic. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_crazy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> And again, just one man's opinion. Thanks for tolerating my mini rant, I'll crawl back under my rock now. TJ <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/stirpot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I do this routinely. Simply don your turnouts, sit in the seat, put your airpack straps across your shoulders, then put your seatbelt on. You can still be ready to go on arrival without sacrificing safety.
As for catching a fire while your enroute back from another call, then those are the times where you should don your gear on arrival, as ever unpopular as that option might be!
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Ah, the voice of reason. It seems that we as a fire service do more training hours than we've ever done, but somehow just can't grasp a simple concept such as this. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> We have guys coming out of rookie school with college degrees (yep; I've got one too.), but they need a widget to tell them to put their seatbelt on. Just plain pathetic. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_crazy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> And again, just one man's opinion. Thanks for tolerating my mini rant, I'll crawl back under my rock now. TJ <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/stirpot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
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