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/rogersrangers55 Jul 11 '25

We aren’t needed for 80% of the calls we are called for and I’m tired of pretending we are. We also should be more proactive towards making people realize this.

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u/HalliganHooligan FF/EMT Jul 11 '25

Thank the brass across the nation that has placed departments’ call volume as a metric for value.