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/Firemedic9368 7d ago

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

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u/KorvaMan85 SCENE SAFE BSI! 7d ago

laughs in department t shirt and shorts

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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat FF/EMT 7d ago

Speaking of stupid department policies, we have one that says no shorts until May 1st every year.

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u/Paulthesheep 7d ago

Speaking of stupid department policies, we have one that says no shorts.

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u/KorvaMan85 SCENE SAFE BSI! 7d ago

lol. Our official policy is just that the whole crew must be in the same uniform of the day, set by the capt.

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u/fish1552 FF/EMT who thankfully doesn't have to do medical 6d ago

Is that station pants or down time too? I have no issue with wearing pants 365 and I live in the deep south. Only 1 guys on our dept wears them. It's really not that big of a deal as I also wear pants outside work almost all the time. You get used to it.

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u/Firemedic9368 6d ago

Pants and polo or button down depending on the officer. They tried to do no hats as well but the damn near caused a mutiny.

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u/I-plaey-geetar Probie 7d ago

Mine just doesn’t have shorts. We’re in Arizona and it’s 105 today. Fuckin lame, man.