Tradition in the Fire Service

[TRUCK6018 50]

Several other posts about tradition got me thinking. If it weren't for breaking tradition what would we have?

Steel helmets

Rubber coats

Rubber boots and gloves.

Steel 2.2 SCBA cyl's

Open cab apparatus

Wooden ladders

Sedan command vehicles

Leather hose and buckets

Most of the things we take for granted we wouln't have at all:

Light weight turnout gear (Nomax, Basofill)

Leather bunker boots

Lightweight helmets

Carbon composite 4.5 SCBA cyl's

Aluminum ladders

Lightweight hose

Enclosed cabs.

SUV command vehicles

I think you get the idea

[Guest NYTruckie]

Riding on the back step. (Very safe)

[EJS1810 7]

tra·di·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tr-dshn)

n.

The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication.

A mode of thought or behavior followed by a people continuously from generation to generation; a custom or usage.

A set of such customs and usages viewed as a coherent body of precedents influencing the present: followed family tradition in dress and manners. See Synonyms at heritage.

A body of unwritten religious precepts.

A time-honored practice or set of such practices.

Law. Transfer of property to another.

Lets not confuse tradition and modernization. Tradition is remembering how we got to where we are today. Tradition is paying honors to those who got us here. Tradition is not leaving your Brothers & Sisters behind.

Modernization is newer equipment

[Guest]

Steel Helmets? When you find one let me know.

[21Truck 8]

haha tradition...the old leather lungs..and i still keep the tradiotn with my leather new yorker...wouldnt want any other helmet

[Guest alsfirefighter]

Tradition is good for 2 things:

Reminding you of where you are and keeping you from getting where you need to be.

[Guest NYTruckie]

Once again backdraft quote “100 years of service unimpeded by progress"