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/Imaginary-Anybody542 Jul 11 '25

Promotions should be based on merit and skill not memorizing a book some guy wrote 20 years ago

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u/ThePhilJackson5 Jul 11 '25

Although using "merit" without any sort of rubric leads to cronyism. Which is my dept

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u/Imaginary-Anybody542 Jul 11 '25

That is definitely a concern but there are ways to objectively measure merit.