SmallBrownBass said:During my training I was told you should always be comfortable doing ALL your work with your gloves on.
I'm not trying to single any dept out cause i ride with people who do it and most people do it as well.
But, when you come out of a hot fire your not going to start taking your equipment off with your bare hands.
It's nice and all to quote what a book says but when your really in that stuff, things tend to happen, and when they do it might not be the situation in which you should be taking your gloves off.
Yes, I can mask up with my gloves on. Was it easy at first? No, but I practice for hours and hours everyday until I can get it right. It's a serious job and I want to be able to do everything and prepare for everything. I'm not great at it yet but maybe by the time I'm old and broken down I can call myself a damn firefighter!
Yes, you should be comfortable doing tasks with your gloves on, like tying knots, throwing ladders, etc. But the point of that is you may have to do these tasks in an IDLH environment. You SHOULD NOT be masking up in an IDLH environment. It should be done.
And as far as taking your mask, helmet, etc, off with gloves, well, taking off is far less surgical that putting on.
And yes, I really know my stuff
