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When I have completed my EMT-B training, my VFD will provide me with complete uniforms, including boots. The issued shirts are mandatory; the pants can be replaced with anything that looks the same (your basic navy blue work pant); and the boots can be replaced with anything with a steel toe. Many of the others there use their own boots. The boots that are issued (in fact, the entire uniform) does not meet any of the NFPA 1999/2003 standards for bloodborne pathogen resistance or that sort of thing.
For an EMT, how important is it to have EMS boots--boots that do meet those NFPA standards? I mean, in the real world, do those standards make a practical difference?
I am aware of the FirstMed line from Rocky, and of the Rescue boot from Haix, both meeting these standards, and available with steel toe. Are there any others that you know of? Have you used any of these, or heard comments about them from someone who has? What other recommendations/suggestions regarding boots can you offer me?
For an EMT, how important is it to have EMS boots--boots that do meet those NFPA standards? I mean, in the real world, do those standards make a practical difference?
I am aware of the FirstMed line from Rocky, and of the Rescue boot from Haix, both meeting these standards, and available with steel toe. Are there any others that you know of? Have you used any of these, or heard comments about them from someone who has? What other recommendations/suggestions regarding boots can you offer me?