#halligans

Last week I was allowed by my district to take a trip out to Nassau Coliseum in Long Island to attend the Long Island "Fire, Rescue, and EMS Mega Show." With the show being primarily a trade show, there was not a lot of things in my "price range." Being a junior officer in my district I was within my right to look around and suggest products of interest to the chiefs, but other than small hand tools and "buff stuff*"the show was rather lackluster. 

It was interesting however to see how new tools are expanding the limitations. By that I mean things like thermal imaging cameras are now able to record data in forms of picture and video. New grips/coatings for tools like axes and Halligan bars were also something that I found fascinating. In my company for a better grip, we took a "DIY" approach and used old oxygen tank tubing and some hockey tape. The fact that there are companies specializing in special coating, is probably something that has been going on for a while, but new to me.

Overall, it was a nice day out with other officers and firefighters from the other companies in my district, but I was not thoroughly impressed with the show. Had I been in a position to directly purchase things, maybe that'd be a different stories, but I still have a few years down the line until the potential for that is there.

Wednesday 9/26 - The Shaskeen in Manchester, NH at 9:30 PM Thursday 9/27 - Halligan's in Derry, NH at 9:00 PM