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/Mediocre_Daikon6935 7d ago

If you don’t have a radio, you’re not interior.

Not on a fire.

Not on a EMS call.

Chief have a portable? Walk up and take it. His ass can run command from the cab of the engine where it should be anyway.

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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat FF/EMT 7d ago

I’m in charge of programming and issuing radios on my volunteer dept. when our chief wouldn’t buy batteries, I swapped his new one with one that was 5 years old and wouldn’t hold a charge. We had batteries the next week.

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u/randomlyanonff 7d ago

I have saved my oldest worn out uniform for when I can not get replacement uniform. It gets worn when higher ups are scheduled to visit. Guaranteed I'll get fresh uniform no matter what the budget said.