Ciggerettes on the fireground

What is everyones policy on smoking during/after a fire? Just wondering how the rest of the world did it.

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Permalink Reply by turk182 on February 25, 2009 at 10:34am
I never smoked but you could put a hole in the face piece to stick the cigarette out and as long as you keep the filter in the hole it should filter out the bad stuff. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Permalink Reply by Doug on March 1, 2009 at 3:56am
Our department has a no smoking policy on the fire ground in the fire equipment or in the fire house. if a member wants to smoke they go out side.
Permalink Reply by Fire Capt. 1304 on March 1, 2009 at 5:21am
No smoking on calls, at trainings or other FD functions, or on FD property.
Permalink Reply by FIRE BEAR on March 1, 2009 at 6:57am
here we can smoke as long as we are not doing anything on the fire ground and only outside the buildings during anything else
Permalink Reply by Rae Ann Ozelis on March 1, 2009 at 8:54am
Quit. No smoking on the fireground.
Permalink Reply by Scott on March 1, 2009 at 9:46am
Anyone hired since 1/1/1995 has to sign a preemployment agreement for non-tobacco use. People on before 1/1/1995 can't use it on duty but they put their heart/lung disability coverage in great jeopardy. If our Chief (former smoker) saw someone light up on the fire ground or in a rig he would go nuts.
Permalink Reply by T.J. on March 1, 2009 at 12:22pm
No smoking period!
Permalink Reply by Denise Co 29 on March 2, 2009 at 10:33pm
No policy just can't smoke on the trucks
Permalink Reply by Grant Bennett on March 2, 2009 at 11:41pm
Our policies don't specify anything about on the scene. However, our policies do say no smoking in the station or on the trucks. But as WestPhilly said...policy is different than practice.
We have nothing about chewing tobacco.
Permalink Reply by Jonathan Watkins on March 2, 2009 at 11:51pm
We can smoke in the bay area (as long as it's not around the oxygen bottles) during fires, if we are taking a rest you can smoke, no smoking on medical calls,and no smoking on the trucks.
Permalink Reply by Dustin J. Millis on March 3, 2009 at 2:33am
Well... we have rules saying no smoking in the apparatus or on scene. Everybody respects the apparatus rule just becasue people, like me, are gona be pissed if I get into the rig and it smells like cigarette smoke. On scene, guys still arent supposed to do it for a couple of reasons, it looks unprofessional, its not healthy and your body is already under enough stress on the fire scene, and you should be busy enough on scene to where you dont have time to smoke a cig. Unfortunatly, we have quite a few guys who still do it on scene.

As far as smoking in the house goes, the bayfloor is the only place you can do it. Everywhere else is off limits
Permalink Reply by Ben "Batman" Barry on April 10, 2009 at 11:02pm
I do not know the depts policy but i do not like it at all.

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