Showing posts with label Firefighters Helmet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Firefighters Helmet. Show all posts

Thursday 7 May 2020

Fireman's Helmet



Fighfighters helmets were introduced in the 1830's to help protect them against falling cinders and debris


The firefighter's helmet was originally made of leather, then brass, then cork, then steel, then aluminium, then thermoplastic, then a composite of all sorts of materials each adding different protection against hazard a modern firefighter might face 


In the 1930's as electricity became a hazard so brass was abandoned and cork helmets with a rubber coating were introduced as this one. 

Metal military-style helmets came back in world war II 


Helmet at least in the UK are yellow, but some countries the colour is used to denote rank in the fire service.



This helmet was purchased from an auction site, is very tatty some of the finish as worn off, but it was a bargain purchase.