[quote name='FFPM571' post='25873' date='Aug 23 2006, 07:59 ']3 reasons...
1.Tradition 2. Politics 3. tradition and politics.[/quote]
Okay, don't get me wrong I like tradition just like the next guy, and I remember fighting fires in the old 3/4 boots (1979-1984) but it just seemed like a department as modern as Chicago would have had their guys in the better protection of full bunker gear. That was why I was wondering.
1.Tradition 2. Politics 3. tradition and politics.[/quote]
Okay, don't get me wrong I like tradition just like the next guy, and I remember fighting fires in the old 3/4 boots (1979-1984) but it just seemed like a department as modern as Chicago would have had their guys in the better protection of full bunker gear. That was why I was wondering.