Unpopular Opinions In the Fire Service

[u/Launch_Rockface]

I am curious what other peoples unpopular opinions of the fire service are? I know there are alot of things we are doing or trying to do to improve the fire service as far as training and wellness, but I also know alot of it is just not that great in my opinion.

[u/Fireguy9641]

It's really 30 seconds of pleasure and 3 hours of annoyance. When you think about all the work that's involved in cleaning up an engine after a scene, it's like there has to be a better way to do this. We have problems where officers want to wait and confirm a fire before dropping hose because of the work involved in repacking supply line and attack lines. There has to be a better way.

[u/howawsm → u/Fireguy9641]

That’s laziness from those officers.

[u/silly-tomato-taken → u/howawsm]

Exactly, pulling a line to a random house even if there's no fire is a good set. We get used to pulling to the same practice target. Good opportunity to switch it up.

[u/thorscope → u/silly-tomato-taken]

I’m good with pulling a line on every report of fire, but idk if I’m in favor of laying in.

Our engines carry 1000gal and if there’s not smoke visible on approach, there’s virtually no chance we blow through 1000gal before 2nd due gets there

[u/Fireguy9641 → u/thorscope]

My opinion is that we need to be looking at better ways to do it, like putting our lines on reels vs flat loads. It might not look as nice, but it could be deployed and recovered in a fraction of the time.

[u/silly-tomato-taken → u/Fireguy9641]

recovered in a fraction of the time.

Very few departments are busy enough for this to really be an issue.

[u/superspeck → u/silly-tomato-taken]

Depends, do you lay in on a medical call?

[u/silly-tomato-taken → u/superspeck]

I never have

[u/howawsm → u/thorscope]

Depending on what rigs you can count on joining the response, tank water is a great option considering how little water it actually takes to knock a room and contents.