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/aLonerDottieArebel 7d ago

I’m retired now but I always thought it was dumb as hell that we couldn’t wear T-shirt’s, polos, or shorts. We had to wear Cass B’s unless it was 90°

Wearing a pack with a badge isn’t pleasant.

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

Our dept moved to patch badges and it is nice. Only class A has the metal badge.