How much do you weigh with all of your gear?

For any potential fire call we carry between 70-80 pounds of protective gear. This consists of rubber steel toe boots, fire resistive pants and jacket, various tools, helmet, and a SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus). The SCBA is an air bottle attached to a backpack harness which provides the firefighter clean, cool, breathable air through a series of regulators. The bottle is pressurized to 4500 psi and is able to supply between 20-30 minutes of breathable air under rigorous work conditions. Additionally the firefighter most likely will be caring other tools like hose, forcible entry tools, etc. So, extensive physical conditioning is paramount in this physically demanding line of work.