Those beautiful french fire helmets

F1 fan, huh? (Don't tell me the result of the race - I've not watched it yet!)

Here's a couple of links to other views of the same type of helmet:
http://drumsolodrumsologuitarsolo.blogspot.com/2007/06/french-firefighter-helmet.html
http://www.teslogos.com/collection_de_casques_de_pompiers.html

 

I would imagine that the official French Fighters website might have something of interest for shiny helmet buffs!

http://www.pompiers.fr/

Believe it or not you can even buy a replica helmet, although I doubt it is anything near as beautiful as the genuine article.

http://laboutique.pompiersdefrance.org/product_info.php?products_id=4769

 

this is so gay

 

I was expecting this thread to be about Nicolas Sarkozy or some other French political leader being fired. But then, the 'beautiful' part threw me off...

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Those french need to play less Halo.
Nah j/k, looks pretty cool.

 

mhm the looking realy cool

 

http://www.usinenouvelle.com/expo/img/casque-de-protection-f-000011550-4.jpg

http://sapeurs-pompiers.m6blog.fr/images/medium_img00015.jpg

http://53.img.v4.skyrock.com/538/kanaky83/pics/711917275.jpg

The best I could find.

 

wow. i REALLY want one of these helmets...

 

Pretty, but they look like they could microwave your head. Scary.

 

Check this out, the guys' got a nice collection of French helmets, BTW pompier means fireman, the one you are referring too is the F1.

http://www.teslogos.com/collection_de_casques_de_pompiers.html

That link got a tiny bit of info on these helmets in French

http://sp13riri.free.fr/dossiers/casques/

I'm pretty sure I've seen some old fireman helmets for sale at carboots in France. They've been like that for decades, so I guess it's bungie who ripped off a bit the design for halo...

And last but not least you can even buy some of these helmets:

http://www.ruedespompiers.com/famille218.html

and on ebay

http://shop.ebay.fr/?_from=R40&_npmv=3&_trksid=m38&_nkw=casque+pompier+f1&_nd1=See-All-Categories

Should be easy to source if you want one, but I don't know how much they weigh

 

Im not gunna lie. Those are pretty god damn big pimpin'. Look how damn reflectiony and shiny! DAMN! h:

 

http://www.teslogos.com/casque_de_pompier_du_vaucluse.html

Someone must have decided his job at Avignon fire department didn't pay enough, so he is selling off his helmet!

 

Lol he might be, shall we send an email to his fire station?

 

I'm curious what they are made of, surely not something as thermally conductive as metal, yet they have the same shiny look. Building the face protection right in is a great idea too, as it gives a closed-off mask against those pesky explosions or flares.

I hadn't seen one of these until before now, but I'd love to actually see one in person. No, I have no real for helmets but I do find the design intriguing.

 

180euros is pretty cheap isnt it?

 

Lets not, turd.

 

They look like they are kinda inspired by the Roman helmets, could be wrong, judge for yourself:

 

theyre most likeley made from carbon fibre or another lightweight heat retardant composite, coated with a heat repelling coat (you can buy that paint in a spraycan, not cheap tho).

theyre not made of metal :lol: with that colour the metal in case would be a copper alloy of somekind, not only would the helmets be ridiculously heavy but also extremely conductive.