Item 2019.96 - London Fire Brigade Jacket

2019.96

London Fire Brigade Jacket

Item

1

Black jacket with high stand collar and hi-viz reflective strips. The jacket has a throat guard across the front neck of the collar and a wide placket covering the centre front fastening. It has a black plastic clip attachment sewn to the centre front chest and two velcro fastening loops on the front. The sleeves have additional inner cuffs made of black rib knit bands with thumb loops. Around the chest hem and the bottom of the sleeves are wide bands of yellow hi-vis with a centre stripe of silver reflective material. On the right chest and right arm printed in white are the letters L F B in squares over 'LONDON FIRE BRIGADE'. On the left sleeve is an angled flapped pocket with a printed badge emblem of the London Fire Brigade. The back of the jacket has two vertical strips of yellow hi-viz with silver reflective strips down each side and a stripe around the bottom hem. Across the upper back is printed 'FIRE' in silver reflective material.

This jacket is part of the Ergotech Action™ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the London Fire Brigade. The two piece ensemble was manufactured by Bristol Uniforms who won the contract to supply LFBs 6,000 firefighters for eight years. It incorporated a Nomex Ti-Technology™ outer layer combined with a Goretex Crosstech Airlock™. It was worn between 2010-2018.