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/Strict-Canary-4175 Jul 11 '25

And I will fight for your right to have the choice to put them on if you want. I just said I won’t force my guys do wear them.

And you didn’t ask for help, but I would also maybe just..,. No kneel in body fluids. You really shouldn’t have that on your bunker gear either. And that’s like totally avoidable so.

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u/-kielbasa Jul 11 '25

Sometimes it’s unavoidable

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u/Strict-Canary-4175 Jul 11 '25

We’ll have to agree to disagree on that one lol. I have never found it unavoidable but hey, everyone is different!

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u/-kielbasa Jul 11 '25

I work on a military base with shitty Korean War era buildings that have been chopped up 10 different ways over the years. Lots of weird small nooks with offices and hallways and stuff.

We take over compressions and package and move them once EMT’s arrive. We don’t do transport ourselves