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On the small calf pockets the 3-piece Velcro (2 square hook on pocket and one rectangular loop patch on the flap) have been replaced with a single button in 2012. Buttons were re-introduced and replaced Velcro on pockets after numerous complaints from soldiers in the field. The belt loops are of new design.
Joint Firefighter Integrated Response Ensemble (J-FIRE) is a military protective suit used for firefighting in the CBRN and WMD environment. [3] J-FIRE utilizes the JSLIST and an aluminized firefighting proximity suit. The J-FIRE is designed to resist water and standard firefighting chemicals, while still providing CBRN protection to the user.
A ranger station is a building complex typically including a dwelling and outbuildings which support a ranger or other guardian of a wilderness or national forest area. For example, the Cold Meadows Guard Station in Idaho County, Idaho , United States, is a complex of six buildings and structures in the Payette National Forest .
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The ranger station is similar to its counterparts at Belly River and Sherburne, as well as the Polebridge Ranger Station residence. [3] The district includes the ranger station, a woodshed, boathouse, garage, cabin, fire cache and a pumphouse. [3] The boathouse burned in the Howe Ridge Fire of 2018 and only the foundation remains.
Fire proximity suits first appeared during the 1930s, and were originally made of asbestos fabric. Today they are manufactured from vacuum-deposited aluminized materials that reflect the high radiant loads produced by the fire. An early manufacturer of the aluminized suits was the Bristol Uniforms company under the direction of Patrick Seager Hill.
The Old Short Cut or Old Short Cut Cabin or Old Short Cut Ranger Station or the West Fork Ranger Station is California's first ranger station, built in 1900. The Old Short Cut Cabin was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.632) on March 3, 1958.
According to research for a Texas historical marker, Hardscramble located on 1806 Tschoepe Rd., Seguin, Texas was the home station of early Texas Rangers, Henry McCulloch [2] and Benjamin McCulloch [3] from 1841 until 1853. Nathaniel Benton [4] occupied the building in 1858 and later in 1871, it was home to Elijah Dale.