r/Firefighting 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/Ok-Economics-6610 7d ago

We have a policy saying we can’t wear our department issued ball caps unless it’s after 5pm, we’re on a call, and there’s inclement weather…..

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u/RaptorTraumaShears Firefighter/Paramedic 7d ago

Our policy used to be that you could only wear them when doing hydrant testing. That went away about a decade ago.

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u/Ok-Economics-6610 7d ago

Must be nice….