r/Firefighting 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/minorcarnage 7d ago

"After every second bottle rehab with 400 ml of a 50/50 mix of Gatorade and water at 4°C"

  • We don't have fridges in our trucks
  • There is no magic 400ml bottle to mix the water and Gatorade.

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u/ReddutSux69 7d ago

where do you keep the ice and Gatorade?

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u/BanditAndFrog Truck Chauffeur 7d ago

Shit man, that just means you got too much equipment on your rig