Pixie.
I find that if I arrive in a fire truck, and am wearing PPE with badges, and if I act like a real firefighter, then very few people suggest otherwise. As none of us should be on the fireground in anything other than PPE, I'm not sure why you think that this issue relates to uniform.
Ah, you must be from one of those special brigades that is still hanging onto its decade old issue of Badged PPE. Nothing I've recieved in the past few years, outside of the dress uniform, has anything badge related on it - Maybe thats why people get us confused?
You should perhaps take a look at fatigue and heat stress management policies, as by the sounds of it, you've never dressed down on the fireground by taking off your turnout coat. A Brigade/Service shirt looks 110% better than a torn wifebeater or business shirt.
Then why are you spending money on uniforms, when what you need is a second set of PPE.... or do you wear contaminated yellows until you get time to have them washed?
If you have a second set of PPE, why ask the question?
Finding uncontaminated non-PPE clothes is easy, unless you normally go naked.
I can get my PBI washed by Lion, but getting a spare set has been like pulling teeth. I don't know where to wash my nomex. I refuse to do it at home, and the local drycleaner isn't very fond of me rocking up with armfuls of contaminated clothing! If I had to clean my PPE every time it got dirty, then I would be sending away the PBI weekly and the Nomex monthly!
Just think... if only we had a set of 'station wear' that we could wear under our PPE to jobs, use it instead of turnout gear at rescues, wear inside a Gas Suit, and use to look professional at Public Events!
We'ed at least look like we know what we are doing...
Anyone else heading to victoria soon?
Yeah, but in the back of a Holden V8 Ute, sitting on a carton of Pale, with a shotgun across my lap. (Gotta protect the boarder somehow!)