7008 Uniform And Grooming

Question 1

Types of uniforms

Answer 1

Class A - dress uniform
Class B - non operations work uniform
Class C - work uniform
Class D - after hours work uniform with t-shirt

Question 2

Class A uniform options

Answer 2

Option 1: Male - cap, double breasted coat, shirt, necktie, trousers, belt, shoes

Female
Option 1: cap, double breasted coat, shirt, necktie, trousers, belt, shoes
Option 2: cap, single breasted coat, shirt, necktab, trousers, belt, pumps
Option 3: cap, single breasted coat, shirt, necktab, skirt, hosiery, belt, pumps

Question 3

Class A Caps

Answer 3

Firefighter: silver badge and buttons

Company officers: silver badges and buttons
LT: 1 horizontal bugle or axe
Capt: 2 horizontal bugle or axe

Chief: gold badges and buttons
BC: 2 crossed bugles
DC: 3 crossed bugles
AC: 4 crossed bugles
FC: 5 crossed bugles

Fire boat:
pilot = badge with ships wheel; engineer = badge with propeller; deckhand = badge with fouled anchor

Chaplain: gold badge and buttons
Chaplain insignia

Question 4

Class A coat buttons

Answer 4

6 SFD style buttons
FF-Capt: silver
Chief: gold

Question 5

Class A sleeve striping

Answer 5

FF: one 1/2” blue stripe on each sleeve
LT: one 1/2” silver stripe on each sleeve
Capt: two 1/2” silver stripe on each sleeve
BC: two 1/2” gold stripe on each sleeve
DC: three 1/2” gold stripe on each sleeve
AC: one 1” and three 1/2” gold stripe on each sleeve
FC: one 1” and four 1/2” gold stripe on each sleeve

Pilot/Engineer: two 1/2” blue stripe on each sleeve

Chaplain: one 1/2”, one 1/4”, and one 1/2” on each sleeve

Question 6

Class A service crosses

Answer 6

One cross every 5 years of service

Question 7

Class A necktie/necktab

Answer 7

Black tie 78” long and no wider than 4”

Necktab is a black inverted V style tab

Question 8

Belt requirements

Answer 8

Black, basket weave style
Between 1 1/4” and 1 3/4” width

Buckles:
Medic 1 buckle
SFD Maltese buckle
Local #27 buckle
Station logo buckle

Question 9

Class B - Work Uniform

Answer 9

Admin personnel- all ranks
FIU-FMO personnel
FAC personnel
B3 personnel- medics and MSO

Shirts
FF-Chiefs - white

Collar insignia
Medics - silver caducei
Senior Medics - gold caducei
Dispatchers - silver sparks
FB pilot - silver ships wheel
FB engineer - silver propeller
LT - silver bar
Capt- two silver bars
BC - two gold crossed bugles
DC - three gold crossed bugles
AC - four gold crossed bugles
FC - five gold crossed bugles

Question 10

Hours when Class C uniform is required

Answer 10

Between 0800-1800

Question 11

Hours of Class D

Answer 11

Between 1800-0800

Question 12

Approved Rank Abbreviations

Answer 12

PILOT
ENGR.
LT.
CAPT.
BATT. CH.
DEP. CH.
ASST. CH.
CH.

Question 13

ALS/BLS Bike teams uniform

Answer 13

Red/gray coat with her for the trim
red polo shirt
Black bike pants with zip off legs
Web belt
Black cross trainer
Protected helmet

Question 14

FIU UNIFORM

Answer 14

Investigators – plain clothes, determined by fire marshal

FIU personeel must wear FF boots WHEN entering fire scene

Commissioned FIU investigators must wear fire alarm when on duty

Holster provided by SFD

Question 15

Uniform inspections

Answer 15

BC - February
Capt - august

Document on form 13s

Question 16

Facial hair

Answer 16

3/4” rule
No more than 3/4” passed corners of mouth

No more than 3/4” passed bottom of mouth

No more than 3/4” over lips

Soul patch no bigger than 3/4”

Dude burns no wider than 1 1/2”