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Our agency has no problems with us wearing a sweatshirt or polo or jacket while off duty, but our duty shirts are not to be worn unless going to or from a shift, or to or from a scene directly. Our department SOGs also state that while in the district and wearing any department apparel, we have a duty to render aid when safe. This is to avoid ending up on the 6 o'clock news of "EMT from XXX Fire Department walks by Child hit by Car" Do we have a legal duty? No. And that is made clear in the SOG, but it is an administrative one that you can be disciplined for.
Our winter jackets are very nice and cost about $300 a piece. Chief has ordered that no patches or names go on them as he had the foresight to know that everyone would immediately use them as their main winter jacket because of how comfortable they are.
Our winter jackets are very nice and cost about $300 a piece. Chief has ordered that no patches or names go on them as he had the foresight to know that everyone would immediately use them as their main winter jacket because of how comfortable they are.