Firefighters who smoke, dip or chew... thoughts?

a little unsure of where to post this, sorry if it in the wrong spot...

Im not going to lie most of the people in in station (juniors, firefighters, everyone) use some form of tobacco on a daily basis. Honestly i thought this was simply the norm until we visited another junior firefighter post and found out they get kicked off for using tobacco products. I really want to hear your thoughts on firefighters and juniors who use tobacco products as well as what rules your station has for both firefighters and junior firefighters who use tobacco products. My station really doesn't care, the only real rule is you have to take your dip out/put your smoke out during our meetings/trainings and this is only for safety. Thank you for your help!! stay safe

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Permalink Reply by Joe Stoltz on October 14, 2008 at 9:55pm

Well this is a timely discussion. Last night I found out that a couple of spit bottles were found in the cab of the ambulance. Boy, am I going to have a speech prepared for our next meeting.

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Permalink Reply by BillySFCVFD on October 14, 2008 at 10:23pm

Joe, There not mine. I spit out of the window. TCSS

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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on October 15, 2008 at 4:22pm

In my department, there are guys who dip and that is their business. It just becomes annoying and disrespectful when they either leave their spit cups any and everywhere or when they spit on the bay floors. The smokers are not as bad, because their is no smoking allowed in the station, but sometimes they smoke on the rigs which is also banned. The worst part is that we have a junior explorer who is following suit because he wants to be like the rest of the guys. So, the only rule that we have regarding tobacco products is no smoking in the station and I do not believe that junior members should be allowed to use any tobacco products at all.