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/Unwitnessed 7d ago

Not enough radios for every interior firefighter. Not really a policy, but pretty idiotic.

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u/KGBspy Career FF/Lt and adult babysitter. 7d ago

We just got issued our own a little more than a year ago otherwise it was 1 at each ride position, of course guys took them accidentally when they’d forget them in their coats. They were shit radio, batteries were crap you’d have to carry 2. Now we got those green ones loaded with frequencies.

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u/Unwitnessed 7d ago

Half the limited radios in our department have battery issues because they haven't been replaced in 20+ years. 1 at each ride position is a good plan, so long as they are properly maintained.