r/Wildfire • u/Dangerous-Mirror1285 • Jul 13 '25

News (General) No chapstick or tampons on fires

The CIMT supply teams are no longer able to buy/supply various medical items including Chapstick, tampons, pads, icy hot, allergy medicine, Qtips, glucose strips, hand warmers, lotion, tooth brush, tooth paste, and so much more! The MED units may bring those items and disburse them, but they will not be bought to supply resources

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u/ethanyelad Wildland FF1 Jul 13 '25

Why?

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u/KBear44 Jul 13 '25

Read u/PatienceCurrent8479’s comment.

Essentially, the logic is that if it is not mission critical and considered a personal use product, then it should be brought personally and not purchased by Supply/Logistics.

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u/Zealousideal-Ad-2615 Jul 13 '25

Because when you get trapped by a fire the a fire shelter doesn't count as personal use.

Edit: I take that back. I don't want to give buying teams any ideas.

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u/ethanyelad Wildland FF1 Jul 13 '25

Tampons? 

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u/congeal Jul 13 '25

"Have you tried not menstruating?"

/s

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u/Zealousideal-Box-932 Jul 13 '25

Don't you know women can just hold it in? /s

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u/PatienceCurrent8479 Jul 13 '25

Shouldn’t be that surprising with the current admin. . .

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u/KBear44 Jul 13 '25

According to the purchasing guidelines, they are not mission critical to the whole wildfire and are considered individual/personal use; therefore, they have to be brought if one considers that they might need it.

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u/pegasuspish Jul 13 '25

Tell me a single decision maker has suddenly started gushing blood from their genitals while cutting line on an uncontrolled fireline. Misogynistic fucks

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u/AskAJedi Jul 13 '25

They don’t want women to work.

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u/HistoricalStreet505 Jul 16 '25

That’s seriously what I’m hearing. No matter how well you plan, you can always run short or be surprised.

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u/manzanita2 Jul 13 '25

I mean FOOD is also individual and personal use is it not?

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u/KBear44 Jul 13 '25

Hey man, I don’t necessarily agree with what they are doing and some of their logic behind it. I am just stating their alleged reasoning behind it.

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u/Wanderingghost12 State Jul 14 '25

As if it's something that can just be turned off lol I mean sure you can go on birth control but not everyone wants to or has access to it

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u/GrouchyAssignment696 Jul 13 '25

Emergency fire starters and profuse bleeding control.   They have other uses.