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  1. flashover604

    Whites Boots

    Yeah. I got ahold of them and asked for a catalog. It comes with a guide to figure out your size. You measure around the instep, ball and from your heel up around the front of the ankle. You measure the width and length of your foot and around your leg at six inches up from the floor, eight...
  2. flashover604

    Whites Boots

    I just sent my measurements and foot tracings in to White's. I'll see what size they recommend.
  3. flashover604

    Whites Boots

    "In this line of work there are few second chances. These men choose to walk where the devil dances."
  4. flashover604

    Whites Boots

    It's interesting how the process changes when you're in charge of other people's lives. I am priveledged to know some very good officers that had been hell on wheels firefighters. Having someone else in there doing what they used to do really reined in their gung-ho. Finer people I've never met...
  5. flashover604

    Whites Boots

    That's what I meant by the training fire. I never let someone's house burn longer so I could watch the fire, but in a training environment you could lay there and really take it in. It's really an animal. It will eat anything that burns. That includes you.
  6. flashover604

    Whites Boots

    I was always cautious and left if I felt like I was getting too hot or just plain felt weird. Very early on I met a firefighter who had gotten trapped when he fell through a floor. He got burned up pretty bad. The sight of those burns and the story he told made a very distinct impression on me...
  7. flashover604

    Whites Boots

    FFZ, the hottest I ever got was a fully involved bedroom in a structure fire. I dropped down on the floor with an inch and a half line and whipped it around to get to the fire behind a bed. When I went to get up off of the floor I felt something rip. I thought I caught a nail with my bunker...
  8. flashover604

    Whites Boots

    Hi all. I'm a phone man and have always worn Linemans or logger style boots. I usually buy Carolina's or Chippewas, or another $125-$150 boot every year and a half to two years. I've never plunked down $200+ on a pair. I just saw that Treestuff has $479 Whites Smoke Jumpers on sale for $299...
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