r/Firefighting • u/Sure_Nose5038 • 10d ago

General Discussion Is this just me being soft

I'm all for a good firehouse prank. Don't get me wrong. It's what makes this job great. But isn't it sort of a unwritten rule to not fuck with other people's turnouts. Couple guys on the shift before us decided it would be a great idea for them to fuck with us and saan wrap our lockers before we got there. Our gear is grouped by shifts. And of course before we even get settled in and our gear on the trucks we get a call. Then go to find our lockers saran wrapped. Dick move or not from them?

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u/BuilderGuy555 10d ago

I'm going to disagree with most commenters.

Typically PPE pranks are off limits ....

But if it's the shift before you that saran wrapped your locker, wouldn't they have to take your calls until you get your gear out?

I'd call this fair game for a prank.

Turn it around on them - go make yourself some coffee and take your time getting your locker opened, while they have to hold over to cover you after shift change.

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u/llama-de-fuego 9d ago

My thoughts exactly. "Don't fuck with turnout gear" is really for when it is staged ready to be donned for a call.

Fucking with someone's locker so they can't get their gear? Fair game.

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u/Impressive_Change593 VA volly 9d ago

unless it's a vollys locker. cause then it may get grabbed at any point. several of us at our station do keep our gear in our vehicles but most are that close to the station it stays at the station

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u/llama-de-fuego 9d ago

That's fair. Never been a volly, never worked with any, not familiar with how different it may be.