This are really great! ....but can it be more real?
Would it be too hard to change the helmet style or just the color?
The helmet are more like hard hats and they will use the colors; Green, Red, or Silver.
If you can't change the helmet? Just change the color.
Helmets
The USFS wear a lighter outfit than a normal fire suit that city fire departments use.
They are sometime more like jumpsuits style. Those are Yellow... but I seen Red and Orange being used also.
Lastly Gloves are are a big need.
This is a website the sell Forest Fire Fighting Gear. That shows the styles.
http://www.nationalf...r.com/index.php
You don't have to change it... But you can if you want.
Yet styles are different every time with Forest Fire Fighting....
I like to know what style you are basing this off of?
*Giant Sigh*
OK everyone, gather around for USFS Uniforms 101. Let me first start out by addressing the individual points you bring up. 1) No, USFS firefighters do not ever wear jumpsuit style.
2) Red and Orange uniforms are used by *STATE* INMATE handcrews. These men and women are incarcerated inmates who are convicted of non-violent felonies and allowed to work off part of their sentence on a firefighting hand crew. California is the leader in the use of Felon handcrews but very few other states allow. There are NO federal inmate handcrews.
Now for the Primer on USFS Uniforms!
The United States Forest Service is a Federal Agency under the Department of Agriculture tasked with overseeing this nations Federal Forests and Wildlands. Los Angeles City shares a common border with the Angeles National Forest along its north east border and will also respond to the Los Padres and Cleveland National Forest with dozer crews and other special units. Communities such as Sunland, Tujunga, and Sylmar, amongst others are considered Wildland Urban Interface Zones because the residences and private property encroach/borders upon forest lands and the dangers within. Because of this, the ANF and LAFD respond mutual resources to all incidents in the threat zone, with LACoFD providing Handcrews and Air Assets as well.
◊ Because the USFS ANF responds to incidents beyond just forest fires, many of their engines and firefighters are equipped with Structural Firefighting who have completed state FF1 training, not just the wildland classes. This is typically found at stations that have a heavily traveled road through it or lots of homes, like near the Angeles Crest Highway in the ANF. The gear is very similar to LAFD spec but with USFS and the Forest identifier on it, like ANF, on the back and helmet style/choice is a mix of different kinds of traditional structure helmet. Also instead of the box Reflective pattern found on LAFD and LACoFD, it just has horizontal reflective stripes.
USFS ANF E17 Structure gearUSFS ANF E17 HelmetUSFS ANF E17 Structure Jackets inside of Engine showing close up of the writing.USFS ANF E31 helmet showing a different style ◊ USFS Wildland/Brush gear is a green or black (for some hotshot crews) single color BDU pants with a light, yellow, nomex long sleeve shirt and full brim or cap style construction like helmet with nomex shroud. Web gear with a small or large pack is used to hold things like tools, first aid kits, water, and other necessities.
USFS ANF Bear Divide Hotshots - 1B,USFS ANF Bear Divide Hotshots - 1BUSFS ANF E111 crew with wildland gear and Cap & Full Brim helmet◊ USFS Helmet colors are typically Red for crew boss, yellow for firefighters, but some hotshot crews use other colors such as white or red for everyone on the crew. With the ANF, they follow the basic standard of yellow for Firefighter and Engineer, and Red for captain or Crew boss.
I don't know if you are native to the US, judging by the phrasing of some of your sentences, I would guess not. But what is obvious is that you seem to have difficulty in telling a Federal Firefighter and Crew member from a State or County/Local Govt Crew.
Yet styles are different every time with Forest Fire Fighting....
I like to know what style you are basing this off of?
No, styles are not different every time with Forest Fire fighting. Styles are different with every AGENCY involved in Forestry and Wildland Fire fighting. As to what he's basing this off of, feel free to go click happy above, he is basing them on USFS Firefighters of the Angeles National Forest. I also suggest you check out one of my favorite websites
wildlandfire . com and check out their pictures. You'll see a mix of State, Inmate, Federal, Local Govt, and even foreign crews from Canada, Russia and Australia. Now if you want to discuss foreign crews, that's a whole different ball of wax, but because this is an LA mod, besides the SuperScoopers, you aren't going to find Canadian resources or hand crews down here.
Mike