Rubber turn out coats that burn, plastic helmets that melted and some times caught fire. Safety gear NOT.
samten10a 8 months ago
@samten10a >>>---> Those helmets were aluminium and not plastic but good conductors of electricity.
zaffdoc 8 months ago
I think the year is wrong, we weren't using SCBA's that early.
ralphwestjr 1 year ago
@ralphwestjr Oh yes they were! The NOFD was using them, but not to the extent they are used today. The old and vacant Senator Hotel, a French Quarter landmark, was destroyed in January, 1968.
zaffdoc 1 year ago
does he remember the fire in any way????
scotiedogosw 3 years ago
my father worked as a desk clerk at this hotel from 1950-1966
kittyphenom 4 years ago
Rubber turn out coats that burn, plastic helmets that melted and some times caught fire. Safety gear NOT.
samten10a 8 months ago
@samten10a >>>---> Those helmets were aluminium and not plastic but good conductors of electricity.
zaffdoc 8 months ago
I think the year is wrong, we weren't using SCBA's that early.
ralphwestjr 1 year ago
@ralphwestjr Oh yes they were! The NOFD was using them, but not to the extent they are used today. The old and vacant Senator Hotel, a French Quarter landmark, was destroyed in January, 1968.
zaffdoc 1 year ago
does he remember the fire in any way????
scotiedogosw 3 years ago
my father worked as a desk clerk at this hotel from 1950-1966
kittyphenom 4 years ago