How safe If it depends What What

How many years What station Are you a do you feel on the How well piece of piece of Have you How What were the Did your
have you been a are you Career or in your circumstances does your gear fits gear fits suffered an serious circumstances What was injury If yes, how
firefighter? from? Volunteer turnout , please gear fit you the you the injury while was your at the time you your cause time long were
(Optional) (Optional)
7- firefighter? gear? explain you? best? worst? on-duty? injury? were injured? injury? off? you out?
5 Banneker Career 4 5 Gloves Pants No
Ruptured
Bicep(L),
Rotator
40 Other Both 4 5 Hood Boots Yes 4 Cuff(R) Yes 1 1/2 Years
25 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 4 4 Coat Pants No
25 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 4 4 No
Interior Attack; Burns to
Very poor ears/face
nomex hood; &
38 Other Both 5 5 Coat Gloves Yes 2 early 90's shoulders Yes 2 weeks
3 4 - Lisbon Both 5 5 Coat Pants No
I fell off of a fire
engine while Injured
cleaning up wrist/elbo
28 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 5 5 Coat Gloves Yes 1 from a fire w/arm No N/A
30 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 5 4 All Pants No
Degree
burns to
Interior hand and
25 Other Both 5 5 Boots Gloves Yes 4 Firefighting shoulder Yes 6 months
24 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 5 5 Pants Coat No
15 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 5 4 Mask None No
9 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 4 My jacket is 3 Boots Pants No
1 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 4 short 4 Coat No
lifting heavy
patients on a
backboard, back, not
31 Other Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes 2 300lbs disc Yes 3 times
20 Other Volunteer 5 5 Boots Coat No
4 4 - Lisbon Volunteer 3 5 Coat Pants No
as water
rescue, I
wouldn't feel
safe in my
29 Other Career 4 turnout
How hotgear.
the 5 All None No
5 Other Both 4 fire is 4 Helmet Gloves Yes 5 Check welfare GSW Yes 5 months
too much, by
the time you
start to really
feel the heat,
it’s already too
4 Other Volunteer 4 dangerous 5 Helmet Pants No
 2 Other Volunteer 4 4 Coat Pants No
from a
House fire window
reported kids cut my
12 Other Both 4 4 Boots Coat Yes 2 trapped hand No
21 Other Volunteer 5 4 Coat Pants No
33 Other Volunteer 5 5 All None No
may
encounter. As
for residential
structural
firefighting
and vehicle
fires. I feel
very safe.
When an
accelerant is Firefighting in a
involved, I feel second floor Overheate
32 Other Volunteer 5 less safe. 4 Boots Gloves Yes 1 apartment d No
9 4 - Lisbon Both 5 5 Coat Gloves No Cut to
Career 4 4 Coat Pants Yes 1 On a call space extremity
Confined shoulder Yes 1 Day
10 - Rivers drill the first dislocatio
15 Park
9 - Long Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes 4 time ns Yes 3 months
3.5 Reach Career 5 5 Pants Gloves No heart
30 Other Career 5 4 Pants Helmet Yes 4 medical problem Yes 6 months
30 Other
11 - Both 5 5 Coat Gloves No
10 Scaggsville Career 4 4 Boots Gloves No
3 - West In station doing back
21 Friendship Career 4 4 Coat Gloves Yes 3 regular work injury Yes 2 weeks
38 4
13- -Lisbon Both 5 5 Coat Helmet Yes 2 Interior firefighti 2nd Burn Yes 2weeks
28 Glenwood Both 4 5 Gloves Pants No
12 4 - Lisbon Career 5 4 Coat Pants No
and trailer
struck my lower
leg. Strains.
Finger closed
9 - Long in ambulance
19 Reach Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes 1 door. Yes 3 shifts
the face
while
wearing
17 10 - Rivers Career 4 3 Coat Pants Yes 2 Working Fire SCBA Yes 1 shift
Park Career 5 4 All None No
 MCL
strain,
fractures
knee injury to the 1 month, 6
from forcing a femur months off
28 Other Career 5 5 Coat None Yes 4 door ... condyle Yes of shift work
gear is
exceptional if
worn correctly.
31 Career 5 5 Coat Gloves No
be too good.
Allowing some
2 - Ellicott to get in too
13 City Career 4 deep too late. 5 Coat Gloves No I was loading
hose while in
the Fire
Academy while
wearing a BA I observed
and pulled a for 2 weeks
muscle in my brain while in the
58
2 -- Bethany
Ellicott Career 4 4 Coat Helmet Yes 2 back. strain Yes Academy.
25 years City Career 5 5 All None No my knee
requiring
surgery. 2nd
injury I had
stepped onto
something and
sprained my
ankle. Both
injuries Torn
occurred while ligaments 2 months
turn out gear in knee. for knee
was not Grade 2 and 1
13 - needed or sprain of month for
22 Glenwood
10 - Rivers Career 4 3 Coat Helmet Yes 4 required. ankle Yes ankle
7 Park Career 4 4 Coat Pants No
hazardous
atmospheres
the gear offers
28 Other Career 4 little protection 5 Pants Coat No
 caused a
burn on
the side of
my face. I
was
wearing a
protective
hood at
the time.
The strap
caused a
contact
burn
through
the hood.
2nd
13 - During degree 2 shifts= 5
19 Glenwood Career 5 5 Coat Boots Yes 1 firefighting.
Motor Vehicle burn
Concussio Yes days
17 Other
11 - Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes 3 Crash n Yes 4 months
15 Scaggsville Career 5 5 All None Yes 3 Apartment Fire Knee Yes 1-2 months
Both 4 4 Pants Gloves No entrapment -
we were cutting
the car apart
and I got hung
up on a sharp
edge. The gear Laceration
saved me from to my
a much worse lower arm.
28 Other Career 4 5 Boots Helmet Yes 2 injury. 6 stitches. No
Career 5 4 Pants Hood No
wounds from
civilians - knife Sharp object on
9 - Long or gun fire apparatus Deep
28 Reach Career 4 violence 4 Coat Gloves Yes 1 led to sutures laceration Yes 3 days
28 Other Career 4 4 Coat Pants No
Career 5 4 Coat Pants No
2 shifts off,
3 weeks on
2 - Ellicott Stepping out of Sprained modified
18 City
10 - Rivers Career 5 4 Pants Boots Yes 1 medic unit ankle Yes duty
10 Park Both 5 5 Coat Pants No Putting a car
seat into a
30 2
Other
- Ellicott Career 5 5 Coat Gloves Yes 4 citizens car Back Yes 2 weeks
14 City
2 - Ellicott Career 5 3 Pants Coat No
4 City Career 4 4 Coat Pants No
 separation
, ACL,
meniscus,
2 - Ellicott Suspende Involved in assorted
10 City Career 5 4 Pants rs Yes 4 Patient care tendons Yes 4.5 months
Career 5 4 Boots Gloves No
10 - Rivers Carrying hose Strained 2 shifts - 1
10 Park Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes 2 while at a fire thumb Yes week
2 shifts off,
3 weeks on
2 - Ellicott Stepping out of Sprained modified
18 City Career 5 4 Pants Boots Yes 1 medic unit ankle Yes duty
a house fire,
minor ankle
injury from
7- jumping off See
14 Banneker Career 4 4 Coat Gloves Yes 2 roof.
Not using above.
Head No ~ 5 days.
13 Other Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes 1 proper
Sprained PPE
knee injury No
while working See
18 13
Other
- Career 4 4 Coat Gloves Yes 2 on a call. above Yes 1 week
23 Glenwood Career 4 3 Coat Pants No Finger
21 6 - Savage Both 5 4 Coat Pants Yes 1 Cooking Laceration No
Eye injury while
38 1
7 -- Elkridge Volunteer 5 4 Coat Gloves Yes 1 pulling ceilings Eye injury No
10 Banneker Career 4 4 Boots Pants No
lifting a patient back
18 Other Career 4 4 Pants Gloves Yes 1 out of a car injury
Shoulder/ No
9 - Long back
19 Reach Career 4 5 Coat Mask Yes 3 A 10 foot fall injury Yes 4 months
9 6 - Savage Career 4 4 Pants Gloves No
10 1 - Elkridge Career 4 4 Coat Pants No
Other
13 - Career 5 5 Boots Hood No Sprained
22 Glenwood Career 5 5 Coat Boots Yes 2 Fell on ice knee No
and neck in fire
before advent Burned
9 - Long of nomex ears and
30 Reach Career 5 5 All None Yes 2 hoods. neck. No

cut finger,
needed surgery
to repair
vessels, left finger
37 Other
9 - Long Both 4 4 Coat Pants Yes 4 tendons was cut Yes 4 Months
9 Reach Career 4 4 Pants Gloves No
20 Both 5 1 Coat Pants No
 13 -
25 Glenwood Career 5 5 Hood Boots No
Hand cut Hand
11 Other Career 5 5 Pants Gloves Yes 2 through glove laceration. No
3 - West Lacks
32 Friendship Volunteer 4 dexterity 4 Pants Coat No patellar
5- tendon
17 Clarksville Career 5 3 Hood Gloves Yes 3 tear Yes 5 months
water and
debris
raining
Facepiece was down on
7- inoperable due head from
30 Banneker
9 - Long Career 4 4 Pants Gloves Yes 2 to debris in it. fire
Knee above Yes 7 day
17 Reach Career 5 5 All SCBA Yes 1 Training sprain Yes 2 weeks
Sprained ankle
11 - dismounting Ankle
26 10
Scaggsville
- Rivers Career 5 5 Pants Gloves Yes 4 fire apparatus sprain Yes 2-3 weeks
30 Park Career 5 5 Pants Gloves No
sutures
right small rest of the
11 - moving a piece finger shift,
19 Scaggsville Career 5 5 Pants Gloves Yes 1 of equipment Burn
(pinky)
to Yes 15hours
12 6 - Savage Career 5 4 Coat Pants Yes 1 hand Yes 6 weeks
fire we are
fighting or
does it involve Lifting a patient
9 - Long hazardous out of the Back
28.5 Reach
9 - Long Career 5 materials 4 Pants Gloves Yes 3 ambulance injury Yes 2 shifts
13 Reach Career 5 5 Mask Gloves No
do better with
cancer
prevention.
Europe is
already
implementing
two piece
ensembles
that come Dropped during
apart easily a training Broken
11 Other Career 5 after a fire. 4 Coat Gloves Yes 4 incident foot Yes 3 months
9 - Long Career 5 5 All None No
5 Reach Career 5 3 Coat Boots No
Twisted ankle
on cluttered 1 shift I
13 - stairs during a Twisted think so a
33 Glenwood Career 5 5 Helmet None Yes 3 fire ankle Yes few days.
 infection
secondary
2 - Ellicott Training to a
31 City Career 4 4 Pants Gloves Yes 3 exercise scrape Yes 2 Shift
extension to
the attic. Falling 2nd
debris landed degree
between my burns
nomex hood ears head Just over
10 10 - Rivers Both 5 3 Coat Pants Yes 3 and collar and neck Yes one month
17 Park Career 5 5 Boots Coat No
Month
Burns and Burns and combined
28 Other Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes 3 Back Injury Back Yes injuries
12 7
6 -- Savage Career 4 4 Pants Coat No
13 Banneker Both 5 4 Boots SCBA No
33 Volunteer 5 5 Boots Gloves No
2 - Ellicott Career 3 2 Boots Coat Yes 4 Yes 3mo
15 City Both 3 4 Boots Mask No
30 Other Both 5 4 Boots Coat Yes 5 lifting back
Torn Yes 4 mths
Three
29 8 - Bethany Career 5 4 Mask Gloves Yes 2 Weather Meniscus Yes weeks
Career 5 5 All Helmet Yes 3
longer than
not having it
but many Pulled muscle
dangers still in back lifting Muscle
13 Other Career 4 exist 5 Mask Gloves Yes 2 patient strain Yes 4 days
1 1 - Elkridge Career 4 4 Coat Helmet No
20 Other
13 - Career 5 4 Mask Coat No
18 Glenwood Both 5 5 Pants Glasses
Suspende Yes 2 Auto accident Neck No
15 10
1 - -Elkridge
Rivers Career 4 5 Pants rs Yes 3 Hit by a Yes 3 months
22 Park
5- Career 5 5 All None Yes 3 Boat ops prop Yes One week
10 Clarksville Career 4 4 Coat Pants No
Apartment fire.
This was not a
2 - Ellicott gear related
27.6 City Career 5 4 Coat Pants Yes 4 injury. Knee Yes 8 months
18 8 - Bethany Career 5 5 Coat Boots No
25 4
9 - Lisbon
Long Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes 3 Ice Head Yes 2 shifts
Reach
8 11 - Career 5 4 Mask Pants No
20 Scaggsville
10 - Rivers Volunteer 5 5 Pants Gloves No
15 Park Career 5 5 Coat None No Cracked
28 1 - Elkridge Career 5 3 Coat Pants Yes 1 House fire rib No none
 first
Caught in degree
rapidly to arm,
2 - Ellicott developing neck,
23 City Career 5 turnout coat 4 Coat Pants Yes 4 fire conditions ears Yes 2 weeks
needs to be
Career 4 longer 4 Pants Coat No
3 - West
12 Friendship
9 - Long Career 5 5 Boots Helmet No
Reach Career 5 4 Coat Pants No
much water
creating alot
of weight
and drown
you. On the
other
spectrum,
our gear
work great in
fires
however it
works so
well we can
get too far in
a bad
situation
because we
feel
protected.
Because our
gear works
so well we
may not feel
the
conditions
change for
the worse
until it is too
late. We
must rely on
28 Other Career 4 our training.
facepiece is 5 Boots Coat No
the weakest
13 - part of the needed
9 Glenwood Career 4 ensemble 4 Pants Gloves Yes 2 medical call stitches Yes 36 hours
 10 - Rivers
Park Career 5 5 Pants Gloves Yes 2 Fall
leg injury from Sprain No
being struck
by a hose deep calf
22 Other Career 5 5 Coat Boots Yes 1 nozzle bruise Yes 6 hours
Fell through Brused
30 Other
10 - Rivers Career 4 5 Coat None Yes 3 floor/steps ribs Yes 4 days
29 Park Career 5 and 5 All None No Air coupling
situations we hit me small
might be between the laceratio
10 6 - Savage Career 4 exposed to 4 Coat Gloves Yes 2 eyes n
on/ heat No
5- exhausti
21 Clarksville
7- Career 4 4 Coat Pants Yes 2 house fire on No
13 Banneker
10 - Rivers Career 5 5 Coat Boots No 2 training No
10 Park
11 - Career 5 5 Pants Coat No
8 Scaggsville Both 5 5 All Helmet No
Career 5 4 Mask Boots Yes 1 Bit by person No
Career 4 4 Pants Coat No
33 2
6 - Ellicott
Savage Both 5 5 Coat Gloves No
25 City Both 4 3 Boots Pants No training in complete
7- snow tear of
13 Banneker Career 5 4 Coat Boots Yes 3 outdoors my
left ACL No 6 weeks
8- doing a shoulder
21 Bethany Career 5 4 Pants Gloves Yes 3 training
Tripped drill
on a sprain Yes 3 weeks
curb getting
10 - Rivers out of Twisted
27 2
Park
- Ellicott Both 4 5 Pants Hood Yes 1 ambulance. Finger
ankle Yes 6 days
18 City Career 5 4 Pants Coat Yes 2 Station duties injury No
all
carcinogenic
particles Taking a cot
from out of the
reaching back of an
your skin. ambulance, it Herniate Approxima
13 - This is got caught on d disc in tely 3
30 Glenwood Career 4 worrisome. 4 Boots Gloves Yes 3 the bracket.
Working on my
Deepneck Yes months
replacing laceratio
5- toilets in the n to
10 Clarksville Career 4 3 Pants Boots Yes 3 fire station
window of thumb
trauma Yes 2 weeks
8- appartment from
27.5 Bethany Career 5 5 Pants Coat Yes 5 bldg. glass Yes 6 months
 10 Career 5 4 Pants Gloves No had I had
to use two
or three
I was involved Bulging days of
in a MVC disc sick leave
while driving between prior to
an ambo with L4 and being
a patient in L5 in my placed on
9 - Long the back to lower light/modifi
7 10
Reach
- Rivers Career 4 4 Coat Pants Yes 3 the hospital. back. Yes ed duty.
32.5 Park Career 5 3 Coat Pants No Walking going
through a down,
dark, unlit sprained
11 Career 5 5 Coat Pants Yes area
3 Firefighting ankle Yes 1.5 weeks
33 2
Other
- Ellicott Career 5 5 Pants Gloves Yes 3 activity knee No
7.5 City Career 5 5 Coat Gloves No
11 6 - Savage Career 5 Almost to 5 All None No
10 - Rivers safe
19 7
Park
- Career 4 nowadays 4 Coat None No
11 Banneker Both 4 4 Pants Coat No
Career 5 4 Pants Coat No
heat through
the gear you 5 1/2
are in way weeks
too hot on trip while cervical completely
an wearing full disc 4 months
30 Other Career 5 environment. 5 Pants SCBA Yes 4 gear
Hooking rupture Yes to full duty
2 - Ellicott Ceiling in a Burn to
19 City Both 5 3 Coat Pants Yes 3 house fire wrist No
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