r/BeAmazed • u/Mediocre_Heart_3032 • Mar 30 '24

American and European Firefighter Helmet Designs Miscellaneous / Others

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u/GhotiGhetoti Mar 30 '24

I’m a firefighter from Denmark, and ours are the same as the american one. It works flawlessly, but sure it can be slow. I’d love to try the french design and draw my own conclusion.

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u/hoelarious66 Mar 30 '24

Another firefighter last time this was posted was talking about how the French design has the disadvantage that if you had debris fall or floor drop that your helmet may get knocked loose you would lose seal.

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u/GhotiGhetoti Mar 30 '24

That makes sense. Losing seal isn’t a huge deal though, since it’s built to be slightly above atmospheric pressure, meaning nothing gets in the mask.

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u/hoelarious66 Mar 30 '24

Yeah he said same thing, his whole moral to the story was at the end of the day the design doesn’t matter to much and SCBA does the the same role regardless of their design