r/Firefighting • u/TigerBack56 • 7d ago

General Discussion Whats your departments dumbest/strangest policy?

So i come from a military background and I know how stupid some policies can be. Our department has a few i can think of but I wanted to here from the community, what is your departments dumbest/strangest legitimate policy?

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u/kyle308 7d ago

We're not longer allowed to wear shorts when it's below 60 outside. Because we had people wearing them on calls when it was single digits.

So now we have an official policy on it.

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u/rodeo302 7d ago

Holy shit, that's insane.

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u/ReApEr01807 Career Fire/Medic 7d ago

Give them an inch, they'll take a mile