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Do You Keep Your Bay Doors Closed?
I Just started volunteering at a department 40 minutes away that I knew little about previously. I've noticed on numerous visits to all 4 stations that every apparatus bay door was up at each one. I was able to walk inside each station in plain clothes. Once I walked right through the bay and into the living quarters only to discover everyone was out on the engine staging at some planned event. When I returned 30 minutes later to find them in quarters, one of the FFs told me to go wait for the captain inside as if he were suspicious of me looking at one of the trucks. Some of the stations also have ALS ambulances assigned there.
This makes me very nervous considering today's climate and the fact that I am very security obsessed at home. I hate the idea of people being able to walk in and out or sneak around. Perhaps hide and wait for us to return. I cringe as I run scenarios in my head.
I know the department in my county, which I grew up around, has a policy requiring the doors be kept down at all times. I also know of a foiled plan to steal a fire engine in this county, an incident where a bunch of bunker gear was stolen out of a rural station, and recently a teen had a joy ride with lights and siren in a reserve engine.
So the question: What's your policies, and and also your habits? I am new at the department and feel awkward asking questions, but this is a dangerous practice.
This makes me very nervous considering today's climate and the fact that I am very security obsessed at home. I hate the idea of people being able to walk in and out or sneak around. Perhaps hide and wait for us to return. I cringe as I run scenarios in my head.
I know the department in my county, which I grew up around, has a policy requiring the doors be kept down at all times. I also know of a foiled plan to steal a fire engine in this county, an incident where a bunch of bunker gear was stolen out of a rural station, and recently a teen had a joy ride with lights and siren in a reserve engine.
So the question: What's your policies, and and also your habits? I am new at the department and feel awkward asking questions, but this is a dangerous practice.
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Bolster on -
Are doors are usually closed, unless we are in the bays and it is warm out. I personally wouldn't leave the doors open if we were not there. That is just me though.
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Permalink Reply by Sean Smith on -
on nice sunny warm days we keep our bays open,but somebody has to be in the building. otherwise they stay closed when its cold and nobody is there.
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Permalink Reply by James on -
Our department we have to have the bays closed when not out in the bay. During the day when it is warm we keep them open all day until 8 when they have to be closed. But if we leave the station they are to be closed.
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Permalink Reply by Wilsy on -
We leave our bays open during the summer days when it is nice weather and there are members in the house but being from Canada they aren't open often in the Winter unless we are responding.
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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on
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Doors may be open if someone is at the station.
If not, then doors are down and locked.
We have not had to resort to body armor and closed circuit TV yet.
TCSS.
Art
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Permalink Reply by Brian D. on -
I'm gonna guess that it's Winfield with the cameras and not Kaneville? Are you out of the station near CDH?
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Permalink Reply by Donnie Mathias on -
I just started volunteering also. But i know we keep are bay's closed unless somone is in the bay or working on the truck's right in front of the station .
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Permalink Reply by kenny goines on -
I hav a new question along these same lines. Does anyone have problems with things walking off with members, and no one will admit to it?
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Permalink Reply by Brad on -
Alot of guys kick their shoes off and leave them in the engine bays on the way to a fire. The bums will steal them and try to sell them back to you. At my house we leave the doors up pretty much all day and close them at night.
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Permalink Reply by Walter Messer on -
doors closed unless we are working out in the bays... at the other fire department off the main drag its -if your in the station open them if you want
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