> I've wondered what my county's response would be if I borrowed one of our SCBAs (self-contained breathing apparatus) to wear to an anti-ICE demo or ICE observation incident
replyGive it a try and see what happens? Get your friends and colleagues with you too! In Europe (at least France and Spain) we have firefighters participating in protests, some of them not so non-violent, and there been clashes between firefighters and police (so unexpected) in the past, most recently just ~a week ago: https://www.albawaba.com/news/firefighter-protest-lille-esca....
I guess there is many reasons AFAB isn't an acronym people usually spread, can't think of any time firefighters generally been against the people.
When I joined, there an "orientation session" in which an existing firefighter said (paraphrasing): "there are lots of different attitudes towards the police, ranging from very positive to very negative, and I'm not going to get into that. But when firefighters show up, it's always the best part of whatever day anybody is having, and DO NOT FUCK THIS UP!"
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Do they refill with air? Or do you need concentrated oxygen or something?
replyThey are refilled with air at 4000 PSI. The bottles are heavy and large, so you cannot effectively carry around a spare.
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