It Goes in the Garage, Not the House: Firefighter Tee

This is the decontamination rule as it is actually lived at home. Work clothes, boots and the bag stop at the garage and they do not come past it. That is standard hygiene culture now, and it is enforced hardest by the person who lives in the house rather than by anybody at the station.

To everyone else it is domestic territory negotiation. A dog, a motorcycle, a hobby, a husband's collection of things. They land on one of those, feel pleased with themselves, and are entirely wrong.

Stamped as a household notice with AGREED, NOT NEGOTIATED beneath it, set like a note left on a door. This one is aimed at the household rather than at the firefighter, and the person who set the rule is usually the person who buys it.

What it is

• Unisex softstyle tee, 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• 100% ring-spun cotton in the solid colors. Sport Grey is a 90% cotton, 10% polyester blend, and Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Double stitched neckline and sleeves, side seamed, tear away label
• Sizes S through 3XL
• Fourteen colors. Seven light ones printed in near black ink, seven dark ones printed in cream

Where it comes from

Custom printed in the USA. Every shirt is printed here, one at a time, on a soft cotton blank woven overseas.

Nothing is printed until you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away.

Getting it to you

Free US shipping on orders $45 and up. Under that it is a flat $8.00. We make it after you order it, which takes 2 to 5 business days, and it then takes 3 to 4 business days to reach you from a US facility. Most orders arrive in 5 to 9 business days. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the label is created.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

The Natural colorway

Natural has small dark speckles through the fabric. That is the undyed cotton showing, and it is expected rather than a fault.