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/past_is_prologue 7d ago

Do they supply the monkey bags, or do you need to bring your own from home? 

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u/SubutaiShouldBeKhan 7d ago

They explicitly say a canvas sack or bag. I assume it’s so the monkey can breathe, but we have none of those on the trucks. I guess they are just hoping we stumble upon one, or something similar in the lab. I’ll have to bug my captain to get us some monkey bags asap. Just looks unprofessional that we don’t have monkey bags.

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u/No-Procedure5991 2d ago

Don't let the dept. half-ass the purchase, make them Hi-Viz with reflective striping and a big ass biohazard warning on them and lockable with a zip tie or padlock. And there should be a tag on each bag to record location, time , date, and personnel exposed to the monkey.

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u/SubutaiShouldBeKhan 2d ago

This is a fair thought