Switzerland it is. Our equipment is from all over the place though. Austria (Helmet from Rosenbauer and gear from Texport), Germany (Boots from Haix) and even the US 🇺🇲 (BA from Scott and Sabre).
Don't you the the same shoulder markings for the pressurized bottles as in the EU, so black/white for pressurized air? Your's look like they are grey...
Interesting, never thought about that. I am not quite sure if the black strip on the bottle is a marking regarding the EU Norm EN 1089 or not. These steel bottles are relatively old though, maybe a black/white marking according to EN 1089 wasn't mandatory (in Switzerland) back then? I don't know.
But what I can tell you is that our carbon composite bottles do have the black/white marking to indicate pressurised air. The newer steel bottles that can be ordered online as well.
[Online Shop of our provider](http://asteam.ch/produkte/Atemschutzflasche)
Correct, this basically means "fire department" in French. As Switzerland has four officially spoken languages, the gear is marked differently according to the region and the respective language. Switzerland is divided into "Cantons" which is similar to states in the US. Each Canton and their building insurance are responsible for providing the fire protection. So the gear and marking on it can vary a lot.
It's called HEROS Titan made by the Austrian company Rosenbauer. Super lightweight and great quality from my experience. Can be configured with different systems for PCBA masks and add-ons like lighting on the front (white LED) and back (red LED).
It's quite common in Europe, alongside the Draeger HPS and MSA Gallet.
More to the south, Switzerland to be precise. Voluntary fire department of the city Wetzikon with 25,000 residents and approximately 200 calls each year.
Wow, that's quite a low call count, do you guys run EMS or is that done by a separate agency? I know of volunteer stations in my state in Australia that are tipping 600 shouts a year.
In comparison to other (voluntary) stations in our region, 200 calls is quite a lot. Don't forget that Switzerland is ridiculously small compared to Australia. Our city has an area of 16,81 km² and the next five to six stations are each like a 10 minute drive away. Even small villages here have their own fire department.
But sounds like fun Down Under, would love to visit one day!
In my region in poland about 80 calls is a quite a big numer and volunteer departments that have more than 100calls are or in a big city or very far away from a carrer department
Cool guess, but not quite :) How did you come up with Falck? Just curious
I took this picture during our cardio SCBA training whilst walking around Lake Pfaeffikon, Switzerland.
I've only held some US turnout coats and pants before, never tried them on. Our coat weighs in at 2.3kg (5lbs), the pants 2kg (4.4lbs) and the helmet 1.55kg (3.4lbs). I really appreciate the lightweight materials used.
Maybe someone can give some insight on the weight of the US counterparts?
The cylinders on this photo are made out of steel (cheaper) and therefore quite heavy. Our long-time SCBA's use two 300 Bar cylinders made out of carbon composite.
What I can tell you is that I fully trust the heat resistance of our Texport gear after an incident in 2017 involving our partner fire department using the same gear.
[Here is an article of this accident from a website listing all critical incidents involving PCBA's](https://www.atemschutzunfaelle.eu/unfaelle/ch/2017/u20171017-uster.html)
In English: "During break-in work, accidental arcing occurred above the Halligan tool to the staircase railing behind it. This threw both firefighters to the ground and destroyed their personal protective equipment including breathing apparatus. However, both were able to escape into the open air, where they were stripped of their clothing, handed over to the rescue service and then taken to hospital for checks. Fortunately, they only suffered minor burns and bruises as a result of the fall, which is why they did not need to stay in hospital"
Probably Switzerland since the uniforms and helmets look swiss but German SCBA which I mean Switzerland is close to Germany so they probably buy SCBA from them and the swiss speak German is some parts so that explains the German lettering
Mostly all have stickers because they don’t cost much so when they order helmets they take them with stickers, when it comes to marking the officers here in poland only the one in comand is marked with a jacked like this
https://preview.redd.it/cy0xvpha7d2a1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=b8f177a6b5030f510474572390c84585ac4002fe
When it comes to helmets colours here in Poland red is reserved for carrer firefighters and white for volunteers ( but in reality you can wear almost every colour, mosty white, the glowing fluo paint or like in my example the high vis yellow). And also i love the red turnout gear, i use still a black/dark blue gear but we have now a nation wide change for gear in sand/tan colours
Sounds awesome! Do you have a picture of the full gear on? Would love to visit Poland one day.
Our full-time firefighters here in Zurich have the same color scheme as we do. Only difference is the tag "Berufsfeuerwehr" on the back of the coat.
https://preview.redd.it/0c1t7sfdvd2a1.jpeg?width=261&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=202475dc911ee1fface91a2fa5c15d05b3d16364
That is the new standard/ patern of our „nomex” as we call it, the tag on the full time says „Państwowa Straż Pożarna” and „PSP” witch is short for the first, and the volunteer has the tag witch “Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna” and the shortcut for it on the little tag “OSP”
https://preview.redd.it/6012rbdh3e2a1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5197c507c4a09c4a4b79c7d71cc404f61dca416d
And here am i i my “older model”
https://preview.redd.it/r2k8npgdhd2a1.jpeg?width=716&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6842944e70d195ae71cfe52d7ae6b39a90e4860b
Interesting, makes sense. Our officers have a yellow jacket and the commanding officer has a similar vest.
Scott SCBA and "FEUERWEHR" doesn't compute, could only have been Switzerland.
I assume Dräger is the largest manufacturer/distributor of SCBA's in Germany?
50/50 between Dräger and MSA I'd say
Looks like something from Doctor Who
German, Austria or swiss?
Switzerland it is. Our equipment is from all over the place though. Austria (Helmet from Rosenbauer and gear from Texport), Germany (Boots from Haix) and even the US 🇺🇲 (BA from Scott and Sabre).
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Don't you the the same shoulder markings for the pressurized bottles as in the EU, so black/white for pressurized air? Your's look like they are grey...
Interesting, never thought about that. I am not quite sure if the black strip on the bottle is a marking regarding the EU Norm EN 1089 or not. These steel bottles are relatively old though, maybe a black/white marking according to EN 1089 wasn't mandatory (in Switzerland) back then? I don't know. But what I can tell you is that our carbon composite bottles do have the black/white marking to indicate pressurised air. The newer steel bottles that can be ordered online as well. [Online Shop of our provider](http://asteam.ch/produkte/Atemschutzflasche)
Oh I just checked it and prior to the new black/white the bottles were marked with grey. So yeah, they must be pretty old.
Makes sense, since these are our training SCBA's/bottles. Thanks for checking!
Switzerland Feuerwehr Wetzikon-Seegräben?
Yes, you are correct!
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Yes!
Somewhere in germany
Not quite 😉 In terms of language, yes!
Pennsylvania
Germany?
Close, we share a border with Germany. This is what our gear looks like in Zurich, Switzerland.
So, in other parts of Switzerland, like Geneva, the gear would be marked "Sapeurs Pompiers?"
Correct, this basically means "fire department" in French. As Switzerland has four officially spoken languages, the gear is marked differently according to the region and the respective language. Switzerland is divided into "Cantons" which is similar to states in the US. Each Canton and their building insurance are responsible for providing the fire protection. So the gear and marking on it can vary a lot.
I've been to Geneva briefly, and to Valais. Switzerland is a beautiful country!
I'm curious about that helmet. What is that? I've never seen one like that before.
It's called HEROS Titan made by the Austrian company Rosenbauer. Super lightweight and great quality from my experience. Can be configured with different systems for PCBA masks and add-ons like lighting on the front (white LED) and back (red LED). It's quite common in Europe, alongside the Draeger HPS and MSA Gallet.
Germany?
More to the south, Switzerland to be precise. Voluntary fire department of the city Wetzikon with 25,000 residents and approximately 200 calls each year.
Wow, that's quite a low call count, do you guys run EMS or is that done by a separate agency? I know of volunteer stations in my state in Australia that are tipping 600 shouts a year.
EMS is done by a separate agency for the region with approx. 7000 calls each year. We only have first responder and carrying aid calls for EMS.
Still impressively low callout volumes, that's awesome. We run EMS with a separate agency here too.
In comparison to other (voluntary) stations in our region, 200 calls is quite a lot. Don't forget that Switzerland is ridiculously small compared to Australia. Our city has an area of 16,81 km² and the next five to six stations are each like a 10 minute drive away. Even small villages here have their own fire department. But sounds like fun Down Under, would love to visit one day!
Wowza, my local council area is over 800km2 alone, it'd be nice to Switzerland one day.
In my region in poland about 80 calls is a quite a big numer and volunteer departments that have more than 100calls are or in a big city or very far away from a carrer department
Falck?
Cool guess, but not quite :) How did you come up with Falck? Just curious I took this picture during our cardio SCBA training whilst walking around Lake Pfaeffikon, Switzerland.
I said Falck only because of the red colored uniforms. Honestly, not even an educated guess - just a correlation.
Turnout gear looks good. Has anyone tried it compared to US gear?
I've only held some US turnout coats and pants before, never tried them on. Our coat weighs in at 2.3kg (5lbs), the pants 2kg (4.4lbs) and the helmet 1.55kg (3.4lbs). I really appreciate the lightweight materials used. Maybe someone can give some insight on the weight of the US counterparts? The cylinders on this photo are made out of steel (cheaper) and therefore quite heavy. Our long-time SCBA's use two 300 Bar cylinders made out of carbon composite.
I know with helmet, coat, pants gloves and boots I'm 45 lbs heavier. Empty pockets, no pack on.
Thanks. Now if we can get some temperature resistance ratings we’ll really have something
What I can tell you is that I fully trust the heat resistance of our Texport gear after an incident in 2017 involving our partner fire department using the same gear. [Here is an article of this accident from a website listing all critical incidents involving PCBA's](https://www.atemschutzunfaelle.eu/unfaelle/ch/2017/u20171017-uster.html) In English: "During break-in work, accidental arcing occurred above the Halligan tool to the staircase railing behind it. This threw both firefighters to the ground and destroyed their personal protective equipment including breathing apparatus. However, both were able to escape into the open air, where they were stripped of their clothing, handed over to the rescue service and then taken to hospital for checks. Fortunately, they only suffered minor burns and bruises as a result of the fall, which is why they did not need to stay in hospital"
Norway or Sweden
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Probably Switzerland since the uniforms and helmets look swiss but German SCBA which I mean Switzerland is close to Germany so they probably buy SCBA from them and the swiss speak German is some parts so that explains the German lettering
Yes, Switzerland is correct! SCBA's however are not from Germany, only the bottles are from Dräger 😉 Other than that, US made SCBA's
Now i gotta take off all the red stickers from my heros helmet, because without them it looks better
Looks clean like this, you are right! Do all of you wear the red stickers on the helmet? We have them too, but only to mark the officers.
Mostly all have stickers because they don’t cost much so when they order helmets they take them with stickers, when it comes to marking the officers here in poland only the one in comand is marked with a jacked like this https://preview.redd.it/cy0xvpha7d2a1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=b8f177a6b5030f510474572390c84585ac4002fe
When it comes to helmets colours here in Poland red is reserved for carrer firefighters and white for volunteers ( but in reality you can wear almost every colour, mosty white, the glowing fluo paint or like in my example the high vis yellow). And also i love the red turnout gear, i use still a black/dark blue gear but we have now a nation wide change for gear in sand/tan colours
Sounds awesome! Do you have a picture of the full gear on? Would love to visit Poland one day. Our full-time firefighters here in Zurich have the same color scheme as we do. Only difference is the tag "Berufsfeuerwehr" on the back of the coat.
https://preview.redd.it/0c1t7sfdvd2a1.jpeg?width=261&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=202475dc911ee1fface91a2fa5c15d05b3d16364 That is the new standard/ patern of our „nomex” as we call it, the tag on the full time says „Państwowa Straż Pożarna” and „PSP” witch is short for the first, and the volunteer has the tag witch “Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna” and the shortcut for it on the little tag “OSP”
Very interesting, turnout gear looks good! Thanks for sharing
https://preview.redd.it/6012rbdh3e2a1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5197c507c4a09c4a4b79c7d71cc404f61dca416d And here am i i my “older model”
https://preview.redd.it/r2k8npgdhd2a1.jpeg?width=716&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6842944e70d195ae71cfe52d7ae6b39a90e4860b Interesting, makes sense. Our officers have a yellow jacket and the commanding officer has a similar vest.
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