When I was first a fireman, the SCBA was carried in a compartment and donned by the one or two people designated, and that's pretty much all we carried. Later we acquired more, but it was not put on as a matter of course - excuse me while I cough for a while - thanks - and it was only after I got out, in 1983 that putting on breathing apparatus became as normal as the rest of the gear.stevie_d_64 wrote: Imagine one of us humming the "Ride of the Valkries" through the amplifier of your SCBA mask...Sounds pretty cool when you do it like that...It was a nice mix of serious and humorous firefighting methodologies...
I went through the Citizens' Fire Academy a short while back and boy have things changed.
We also used to ride on the back step to fire, and even in the hose bed.
But, I have 17 years of tales to tell and don't want to bore anyone, even with the ones that are not embellished by memory.
