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/SubutaiShouldBeKhan 7d ago

We have a few medical labs in our city that do testing on monkeys. We have a written policy in place should we come across one of these monkeys during a call.

We are to discharge a CO2 extinguisher at the monkey, rendering it unconscious. Then we are to place it into a sack or large bag and give it one more shot of CO2 before tying off the bag. The unconscious monkey bag is then to be left in a secure area or with staff who are familiar with monkey procedure.

None of this is a joke.

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u/Consistent_Paper_629 6d ago

I know it's been a minute since your post, but.... would a blast from a co2 can knock out a monkey? Was this SOP ever tested? When was your last drill on proper monkey anesthetizing proceedure. Did you get your monkey sacks?!

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u/SubutaiShouldBeKhan 6d ago

These are all good questions and I wish I had a definitive answer for you. I asked an older crew member once about this. He just said he would keep spraying until he was sure that little AIDS monkey was dead. He also assumed every monkey had AIDS or some deadly equivalent, which is a fair thought.

No drill or bags yet but based on the feedback I have gotten from the original comment, I may have to get the ball rolling.