Wildlandfire.com Main Logo
The Home of the Wildland Firefighter

 
True North Gear
Sponsored by: True North Gear

Go Back   Wildlandfire Hotlist > General Discussion (All Areas)

General Discussion (All Areas) This area is open to general fire related discussion or questions affecting or of possible interest to all wildland firefighters.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-09-2010, 12:26
GA Firestorm81 GA Firestorm81 is offline
New Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southeastern U.S.
Posts: 15
Default Re: Wearing cowboy boots while fighting a Wildland fire.

Quote:
Originally Posted by deadfyr View Post
Although much has been said regarding this issue, I'll add my two cents...NFPA has a wildfire boot standard...the Red Book has a wildfire boot standard. The two are very similar. My fire dept. requires an 8 inch (minimum), all leather, lace up boot with a non-slip sole as the wildfire boot. Cowboy boots, wellingtons and the like are not permitted on wildfire. Cowboy boots are also not considered a uniform item.
My agency has the same standards.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


Wildlandfire.com highly recommends these sponsors.


Coaxsher


Thermo-Gel


The Supply Cache


FEDS


National Firefighter


Wildfire


True North Gear


Colorado Firecamp


Deer Valley Press


Timberline Tool


HuntingGPSmaps


Wildland Firefighter
Foundation



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 05:53.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Ad Management by RedTyger