Whats your departments dumbest/strangest policy?

[u/TigerBack56]

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?

[u/Firemedic9368]

The fact we have to wear button downs or polos when it’s 100+ degrees and 80%+ humidity durning the summer. I sweat my whole ass off during the summer

[u/PearlDrummer → u/Firemedic9368]

Nothing says fire service like unnecessary heat emergencies

[u/Mediocre_Daikon6935 → u/PearlDrummer]

I had a command sergeant major say to me, after we had 8 dudes go down for heat…. That a heat casualty is a leadership failure.

None of the dudes in my platoon went down.

[u/fish1552 → u/Mediocre_Daikon6935]

Well, that and the drinking problems some of the guy have. Not properly hydrating the night before shift doesn't help.