There is no problem to posess one so long as your Dept. issued it and you are following Dept SOP's and Directives in the displaying of said FD badge. Now, there are some out there that are issued a FD badge by their Dept but have used it outside the use intended and clearly spelled out by their Dept and possibly in violation of State Law. There is the problem.Russell wrote:I don't understand why having a badge while you are a firefighter (volunteer or not) is a big problem.
You are a public servant.
What's the problem with having a firefighter badge?
I have one and outside of Duty it is worn.