What Color helemts

[Little Leather]

What color helmets represent your officers?

Our System
Blue : Fire Line Officer
Red: Fire line Captin
Green: EMS LT Captin or Chief
Yellow/black: fireFighter
White: Chief's
Orange: Saftey Officer

[SIXand17]

White - Line Officer (Fire - LT through Chief)
Yellow - Firefighter
Red - Jr. or Prob. Firefighter
Blue - EMS
Orange - Our Hazmat guy wears this color - not sure why or how the color was assigned.

The scheme was adopted by the County Fire Chief's Association and member departments agreed to follow it, even though they're not obligated to. I'd be completely happy if we ignored what they put on paper so Firefighters could wear Black.

[ashfire]

White Vol Sgt, LT Career & Vol up to Chief
Yellow and Black Firefighter and Aministration Officers
Red Probie and Jr Firefighters
Blue EMS
Orange Observer
Reflective tape colors can indicate for Officers and Firefighters training and positions.
In our county this is how we operate but other counties surrounding have Red has Sgt up to Capt which makes it funny when a mutual aid company from out of county walks up to a Red Helmet and ask what do you need us to help with.

[kep.ctc]

Chief Officers = White with rockers marking rank of Officer
Red = Captain
Blue = LT's
Yellow = Firefighters
Black = Probationary

Although one dept. did change color of helmets to black with yellow scotchlite and frontaces showing rank.

WASH CO. MD

[Fghtng5thFemale]

White: Chief and Assistant Chiefs

Red: Captain

Yellow: Lt's

Black: Firefighters

Orange: Juniors

[38-3]

New Creek, Mineral County West Virginia

Cairns 660 Metros

White - Chiefs

Red - Captains

Blue - Lieutenants

Black - Engineers

Yellow - Firefighters

There is no standard for the county in our location. Most departments either use pretty much the same as this, or they use all officers as white, with firefighters as black.

[regs1]

White - Sgt, Lt, Capt, Bfc and up, Face shield and rank stickers used

All F/F Black

F/F Probationer Black - Face Shield Orange – red-letter sticker


EMS - Orange or blue Helmet

All helmets have company stickers --
Red – engine
Green – Truck
Black – Rescue Squad


**Paid system**

[Smell My Coat !]

Black.... is there any other color? :D

[X-Log 5]

White - Chiefs
Red - Lt. & Capt.
Yellow - Firefighter
Blue - Has not completed FFI or Hazmat Ops or cadet
Black - Fire marshall

[Gumby89]

White - Chief and Assistant Chief
Red - Captain
Yellow - Fire Fighters
Engineers - Yellow with Orange shield

[regs1]

An interesting sidebar is to state what state and county the helmets colors are from

[10-75 K]

PG (volly house)
White: all officers sgt. to chief
Black/Yellow: Firefighter
Blue: EMS only
Red: Juniors
Orange: Observer

AA county (work)
White: Chief
Red:Captain
Blue: Lieutenant
Yellow: Firefighter
Black: Ambo Tech (ems only)
Orange: Observer

[EMT/FF99]

North Braddock VFD, North Braddock, Pa

White w/Rocker = Chief & Asst Chiefs
Red w/Rocker = Capt
Blue w/Rocker = LT
Black w/Rocker = FF
Not truly sure what our Jrs have for Helmets, since all 3 companies went to a new set of gear for uniform purposes within the past few months.

[paramedic 35]

Ridgeley, WV VFD

White: Chiefs

Balck: Capt. & Lieut

Blue: EMS Officers

Yellow: Firefighters

[Little Leather]

North Braddock VFD, North Braddock, Pa

White w/Rocker = Chief & Asst Chiefs
Red w/Rocker = Capt
Blue w/Rocker = LT
Black w/Rocker = FF
Not truly sure what our Jrs have for Helmets, since all 3 companies went to a new set of gear for uniform purposes within the past few months.

Now when you say rockers, you guys have salad bowls? No 10-10's or the fancy smacy helmets?

[Quacker]

Why all the fuss any how? Why so many damn colors.

Chiefs - WHITE

Engines - Black

Trucks - Red


All officers have WHITE FRONTS, Period.



:D :D

[regs1]

quacker

Have you every tried to see a helmet shield in a fire?

[Quacker]

quacker

Have you every tried to see a helmet shield in a fire?



Yes I have for over 30 years! We have names of the members on the bottom of the turn out coats also. Our department is large enough yet members can and do know who the officers are on a job. Besides, I really haven't had to get in front of an officer to "see the front" to know who it was.

I fail to see the problem with knowing who is on da job. This may be a problem for the small resume speed department. Every one from the last on board to the first on has a different helmet color. If they were in an busy department, the color really wouldn't matter as the helmet would be dirty and nasty any how, making it hard to see any shell color!



:)

[regs1]

Hi;

You have to understand that not every department [paid and volunteer] has that system, The department I work for just has its name on the back, and uses colored helmets, company stickers, rank rockers, and a helmet shield.
However each position has an assigned radio, and each Scott has an integrated pass alarm. I guess it comes down to a money issue, but on a personal level I also would like to have names on the back to help id people.

[EMT/FF99]

Now when you say rockers, you guys have salad bowls? No 10-10's or the fancy smacy helmets?
Yes We use the Cairns 660C Salad Bowls with Rank Id Rockers on the sides. Now since we did "uniform" our gear to look the same, Our Last names are also Velcro held on the lwr back of our Bunker Jackets, each set of gear is numbered, along with the helmet(s) so if you switch from Lt (My gear Number is 51, same with my Lt helmet) to Capt or FF, you can switch the helmet shield to match your gear #.

[ohfrmn89]

our officers from lt. and up all have white hats (helmets) all the rest of us peons have red, ems have blue hard hats (like construction hardhats) and cadets have black. putting all the officers in white helmets i believe is the same throughout the whole county. other depts. use different colors for the line firefighters which could vary depending on whether you're a ff/medic or ff/emt.

[thefrmn78]

All officers in our dept. have white, f/f's black and probies yellow.

[FF Turtle]

Chief/Asst Chief - white
FF's - yellow
Safety Officer - blue
Jr member - orange

[Chia6004]

White - Chiefs
Yellow - Firefighters
Blue - Medics/In about 3 mos its going to be yellow helmet w/ a blue star of life decal
Red - Captains

[PSUFireFighter]

White - Chief, Deputy, Asst1, and Asst2
Red - Captain
Blue - LT (Rescue and Engine)
Black - Firefighters and Engineers
Orange - Safety Officer

[WhatNow]

White for all Line Officers
Black or Yellow for firefighters w/ rockers to designate FF or Technician
Blue for the Safety Officer
Yellow with a black stripe for probies

[SmokeyAxe]

Baltimore Co. MD

White-Chief
Red-Capt
Blue-Lt.
Black or Yellow (depending on if you have new or old gear)-FF/EMS

[rescue151emt]

We are a merged company.

RESCUE

White~ Cheif and Assistants
Blue ~ Lt
Orange ~ Captian
Slime Lime ~ Saftey Officers
Red ~ Rescue personell
Yellow ~ Jr's



FIRE

White ~ Cheif and Assistants
Blue ~ LT
Slime Lime ~ Saftey Officer
Black ~ Truck operators
Red ~ Captian
Yellow ~ Firefighters, Jr's and Probies

We have rockers designating rank and use color coded reflex lite on the back of accountability tags to show what level of training the individual has.

The merged Rescue personel are firefighters and use their red lids on fire grounds. We also had matching bunker grear when we merged and we continue to use it.

Westmoreland Co. PA :)

[Serving Since 1987]

North Braddock VFD, North Braddock, Pa

White w/Rocker = Chief & Asst Chiefs
Red w/Rocker = Capt
Blue w/Rocker = LT
Black w/Rocker = FF
Not truly sure what our Jrs have for Helmets, since all 3 companies went to a new set of gear for uniform purposes within the past few months.

Jr's use yellow helmets

[FyrFytrFarmer]

This guy prefers Yellow

[DoverLadder1]

Chiefs-White hat, gold leaf shield
Assistant Chiefts-White hat, gold leaf shield
Captains-Black hat, silver leaf shield
Firefighters-Black hat, no stickers
Probationary-Black hat, orange stickers
all n5a new yorkers with bourkes

[hey bub]

Chef-Asst-1-Asst-2-Deputy Asst- Capt-Lieut All white.

[FIREANGEL]

Volunteer:

Chief- white
1st Assistant Chief: white
2nd Assistant Chief: white
Captain: red
LT: blue
safety officer: orange
FF: yellow or black

[Fatmaninlilcoat]

White-Bat.Chiefs, Div. Chiefs, Deputy Chiefs, Asst. Chiefs, Chief
Red- Line Captains, Training Captains
Black-Lts.
Yellow-Firefighter and FireMedics
Blue- Some Firemedics have them but they are being phased out
Orange-Recruits
Helmets are 1010s or Ben 2s
We can wear a leather if we buy our own
Horry County Fire Rescue
Horry County, South Carolina

[Axesr4choppin]

Chief, Deputy Chief, Asst. Chief, Capt., Lt., White helmets.
Chief Engineer and Asst. Engineers, Red helmets
Firefighters, Yellow helmets

[WstEndPmp]

Officres-white
Firefighters-black
Probies-red
All helmets traditional style

[BCFD324]

Baltimore City, MD
Chief: White w/ Yellow Scotchlight Trapazoids
Captain: Black w/ Red Scotchlight Trapazoids
LT: Black w/ Blue Scotchlight Trapazoids
FF: Black w/ Yellow Trapazoids

[squad8tower87]

Seat Pleasant,
Maryland Chiefs, Captains, and Lieutenents wear white helmets
Firefighters wear black or yellow
EMS only wear blue
Probies wear red
Seaford,
Delaware Chiefs-white helmets w/ white shields
Captains-red helmets w/ red shields
Lieutentents-black helmets w/ red shields
Past Chiefs-black helmets w/white shields
Firefighters-black helmets w/black shields
Probies-black helmets w/ orange shields
Juniors-black helmets w/yellow shields
EMS only-blue helmets w/ black shields

[hookNceilin]

Green Ridge Volunteer Fire in Delco Pa
Chief, Deputy, and Assistants - White hat with gold shield and white coat.
Capt and Lts. - black hat black jacket with white insert (FDNY style)
Sgts - Black hat with a yellow shield
engineers - black hat with a red insert
Firefighters - black hat with black shield
emts - black hat with blue shield
proby - yellow hat under 18 and a green front with a black hat over 18

[Rescue23]

Our system is pretty easy
Chief and Line Officers for the Fire Side of Our department wear -White
We call them White hats
And all Firefighters wear Black
And when we use them the EMS use Blue

[rookie24]

Chief-white
Deputy chief-white
assistant chief-white
Captin-white
Lieut.-white
all line officers helmets have orange trapizoids
all firefighters have black helmets with yellow trapizoids

[Chief Justice]

White: Sgt-Chiefs
Yellow/Black: Firefighter
Blue:EMS
Red: Probie
Orange:Explorer (only at station 6/23 that I know of)

[Donny Shadow]

Why all the rainbow effect of helmets... Waste of money. Its cheaper just to change the crests rather than buying all new helmets all the time.. I believe top 3 should have white all the rest black

[AtTheWheel]

Kind of hard to read crests or crescent rockers from across the fireground don't you think......colors are much more recognizable from a distance. Be safe.

My company uses:

Chiefs-white
Captains-red
Lieutenants-blue
Firefighters-black w/green scotchlite
Engineers-Yellow
EMS-orange
Cadets-black w/red scotchlite

[FireFighter446]

Albemarle County, Virginia

White: Chief, Batt. Chief
Yellow: Captain
Red: Junior or Probationary Firefighter (Used to be LT. but county went away from LT.)
Black: Released Firefighter
Blue: EMS or TRT (If TRT or EMT and releasedFirefighter, you get a black helmet with TRT and/or EMT Decal)
Orange: Not used
Green: Not used

We use the red helmet for the Juniors and the Probies cause they either can't go in or they need an officer. County mostly uses Bullard FireDomes(junk) but FF have the option of buying a 1010 or leather helmet.

[MBHCFirefighter]

White- Chiefs
Red-CApt/Lt
Black- Eng
Black- FF

[firehouseguy]

White - Line Officers & above (Sgt/Lt/Capt/Chief)
Yellow/Black - Firefighter
Blue - EMS
Red - Peobationary (can't go inside)
Orange - Public/Ride along (can't do anything)

[truckie1]

Leesburg,Va
white - line officers
black- senior, master and ff/emt
yellow- ff
red - probationary and junior

[NEFCfirefighter]

My company (North East Maryland):

White- Chief, Deputy Chief, Asst. Chief
Red- Captain, Truck Captain
Blue- Lt.
Green- Ems Captain
Black- Non Officer Firefighter
(Rumored to be Soon)Yellow- Probie

[SMOKE DIVER]

White- Officers Chief, Asst. Chief, Captain, Lieutenant.
Red- Firefighters
Yellow- Probationary FF.
The old saying KISS

When you need guidance quick you dont have time too look at 4 different color helmets to determine who to goto.

[Flyin Fireman]

White: Chief, Asst. Chief, Deputy Chief
Red: Captain, Lieutenant
Yellow: FF
Green: Safety
Orange: Fire Police
Blue: EMS

[FireChic87]

Line Officers - White
Firefighters/Fire Police - Black
EMS (if used) - Blue

Although we have some personnel who think that red and yellow are also colors that are used at our station.

[JuniorEppley911]

Hummels Wharf VFC,

Chiefs (incl. deputy and asst.) = White
Firefighters (incl. juniors and probies) = Black

[kyfiremedic]

For my department in Northern KY....

Chiefs - White
Captains and LT's - Yellow
FF's - Red
EMS folks - Blue

[ericp278]

East side of Pittsburgh, PA
Deputys and Chief wear White
Everyone else wears black

[MDflightmedic]

AAco MD
chiefs- white
Capt- red
LT- blue
ff- yellow
probationary- yellow with red stripe or orange