New Green Uniforms

[Timbo]

tell me are the green uniforms fire proff??? if not they should not be on the fireground

 Re: New Green Uniforms
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2006, 05:07:59 PM »   

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Quote from: aust_fire1 on December 10, 2006, 02:57:14 PM
While in Waikerie I saw several CFS people wearing Green 2 piece dress type uniforms.
Has anyone else seen them. I spoke to one of them about the uniform. It seems to be a half way between uniform, half way between Yellow firefighting and Dress uniform.

Has anyone here got a set of this already. If so, i would like to hear what you think 


1 word - HOT.  The shirts are the same material as the pants (ie Yakka, or King G) so very hot to wear.  Othes than that, great for any work that you will get dirty, but they are definiteky NOT designed for the fireground - only Yellows for that.

MrT

[Pipster]

I have a set of gear, which is the same material, but different colour.

They are hot (although not as hot as PPE!), but they are easily washed, don't show the dirt, and if they are the same sort of things as the gear I have, they don't fade much when washed...

Pip     

[5271rescue]

how many uniforms do we need??? and how many colours do we need???

[Ryan]

filtered this uniform and give us nomex shirts we can wear on hot days at things like MVA's.  Doing traffic duty on a 40 degree today is scheiße when you have to wear full PPE or even being pump operator on a small scale fire and mop up etc.  Who gives a rats if we look like MFS its practicability. 

[backburn]

tell me are the green uniforms fire proff??? if not they should not be on the fireground

No uniform are Fire proff. The Green uniforms have been around for as long as I have been in the services and thats around 10 years, I have ordered a few for our group and the are the Dress Uniform for all if we would like to. We just add rank markings to them.

[Pipster]

Aahmmm, the green uniforms arrived only this year...they certainly haven't been around for 10 years.......you aren't talking about the khaki uniforms..   ?     

Pip

[SA Firey]

Aahmmm, the green uniforms arrived only this year...they certainly haven't been around for 10 years.......you aren't talking about the khaki uniforms..   ?     

Pip

<Agrees with Pip>

 

[aust_fire1]

Yes, I think Backburn you are thinking of the khaki dress uniform. These Greens are a very recent option.

[backburn]

Aahmmm, the green uniforms arrived only this year...they certainly haven't been around for 10 years.......you aren't talking about the khaki uniforms..   ?     

Pip

ooooppss i forgot that green and khaki are the same colour to me. I need my glasses fixed. Sorry.

[Robert-Robert34]

Department Of Sustainability And Environment in Victoria have green overalls for their fire fighting uniform that are nomex im not real sure thought 

[Pipster]

Different green & different uniform.

DEH / National Parks people were trialling the  "Kermit the frog" green PPE, a few years ago, but went back to yellow.  I don't know the reasons behind that

Pip

[SA Firey]

DEH have been wearing a combination yellow/green Level 1 shirt, or yellows at recent jobs.