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In the UK, the leather bag, leggings (to protect against poison gas) and steel helmet were issued to railway staff on fire watching duties during the Second World War.
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The wearer would be a member of the "(R)escue Party" as opposed to "(F)ire" i.e. entering bombed-out buildings.
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