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/Jetucant 5d ago

Our trucks don’t even carry CO2 extinguishers anymore. Good luck finding a canvas bag.

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u/SubutaiShouldBeKhan 5d ago

They are still a big part of our highrise P&P. Elevator man is suppose to take a CO2 with him along with a med bag, handlight and tool.