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/Datsunoffroad 7d ago

Our radios are $5000, our turnouts are $2800

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u/Mediocre_Daikon6935 7d ago

For that kind of money that radio had better be able to transmit my gps location, let me do my run reports, be able to transmit simultaneously on CB, AM, FM, Low band, mid band, mid band, high band, 800 mhz,  cellular, & satellite. It had better be able to scan all those bands, and automaticly pull me into any frequency transmitting.

And automatic know to let my wife I’m going to be home late and why.

That is a 5,000 dollar radio.

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u/randomlyanonff 7d ago

Motorola 6000xe. I was told the model number is the price 😂

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

Maybe they said that humorously, but our 6000XE and the 8000XE are around the same price.