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/Famous-Response5924 Jul 11 '25

Inspectors know more about the area, the buildings and building features like FDIC’s, alarm panels, sprinkler systems etc than almost every operations person does. They aren’t completely useless.

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u/Novus20 Jul 16 '25

Know what the bat shit crazy part is with all the tech we have the crews could also have that or vital info could be available to the crews

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u/Famous-Response5924 Jul 16 '25

I work for the government, we don’t have mdt’s in the rigs. Some depts are still doing paper pct’s still.