r/Firefighting • u/Launch_Rockface • Jul 10 '25

General Discussion Unpopular Opinions In the Fire Service

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.

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u/Supertom911 Jul 11 '25

Women still being treated poorly and being a very low percentage of firefighters overall.

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u/superspeck Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

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Before I was in fire, women were three quarters of my volunteer SAR unit, had the harder to handle dogs, and had all the leadership positions, while also being career in the state task force and whatever the current title is for someone deputized as a sheriff but not a career sheriff deputy plus they had current EMT cards without a full time EMT job. In actual fire departments it’s the opposite, and the volunteer women were better at their jobs than the career men.