How do you identify yourself while off-duty?

Does your F.D. provide you with a means to identify yourself while off-duty, like a badge/ID card?

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Permalink Reply by John on July 10, 2009 at 7:59am

We have our Dept issued ID card that we carry all the time.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on July 10, 2009 at 12:34pm

Textbook definition of a "wacker"! LOL

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Permalink Reply by BillySFCVFD on July 10, 2009 at 1:21pm

No badges and ID cards are forthcoming. We do get windshiled decals and tee shirts. Plus the pagers, handhelds and a sometimes sooty face are give dead give aways too. TCSS

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Permalink Reply by CHRIS PUYLARA on July 10, 2009 at 3:16pm

LIKED THE MOYERS COMMENT...LOL... AS A VOLLIE....24/7 KIDS....LOL...WE HAVE ID CARDS....BUT ONLY FOR LARGE INCIDENTS.....WE HAVE BADGES...BUT ONLY FOR DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS-WE HAVE NEW ONES...CANT WAIT TO GET IT!!!! WE ALL HAVE DEPARTMENT SHIRTS,SIMILAR TO DUTY SHIRTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT NAME ON THE BACK--DARK BLUE WITH A WHITE MALTESE CROSS AND OUR DEPT. NAME IN IT---I HAVE 6 OR 7 DEPT SHIRTS---SO I CAN WHERE ONE EVERY DAY, I ALSO LIKE TO WEAR MY SHIRTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT I HAVE.....SO EITHER WAY... YOU KNOW THAT IM A FIREMAN....OH YA, FORGOT MY DEPARTMENT HAT THAT I WEAR...AND MY 10 YR OLD FDNY HAT......CHRIS

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Permalink Reply by paula beckham on July 10, 2009 at 5:03pm

in nz we have photo id cards i keep mine if the front of my wallet when im out shopping its quite suprising how many stores offer to give a discount when they spot the id i do not ask for one but if its offred i do not say no

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Permalink Reply by Cory Deaton on July 10, 2009 at 5:21pm

All we have is a card that says part of the Iowa firemans association I guess thats good enough

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Permalink Reply by Ed Fox on July 10, 2009 at 7:28pm

My dept. issues wallet cards but most of the dept. seems we wear something with something dept. related on it.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Heckler on July 10, 2009 at 7:44pm

my dept. provides us with id and also if you want you are allowed to carry your badge. i carry a badge plus id due to the fact that i am the medical officer for my dept. pluse a medic in my state. we also have fire logos on our vehicle windows.also we have dept. tees and hats but the lights are a dead give away. i also carry my esda id as well as my state medic id

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Permalink Reply by Rescue601 on July 10, 2009 at 8:03pm

Why would I need to identify myself while I am off duty?

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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on July 11, 2009 at 5:21pm

You walk around with a sooty face while off-duty?

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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on July 11, 2009 at 5:23pm

Yeah we're kind of like that here. In addition to our uniform badges, we're issued wallet badges and ID cards.

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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on July 11, 2009 at 5:29pm

During the large fires here, vast areas were put off limits to civilians. National Guard folks with automatic weapons. Basically to keep looters out of the area. No ID-No Entry.