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What are your departments rules on facial hair...namely mustaches. Lots of debate in the east recently about size, shape and length. How long is your mustache?

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Comment by Bradford James Terry on February 22, 2011 at 3:19pm: Funny, our department went through this about 8 years ago. Our chief at the time all of a sudden decided he would go by the book and not allow any facial hair to touch the seal of the mask. Actually it was caused by members pushing the facial hair policy limits. We were about 60 members at the time, all full time and union. We filed a grievance, chief held his ground and the grievance went to the mayor. We were tested again and found no effect on the seal, (old Survivair), met with mayor on grounds of no effect and a sudden change in rules, working conditions without negotiation. We agreed to write a better policy with guidelines and the mayor agreed with us. If you would like a copy of our policy shoot me an email. We can have mustache/soul patch with hair 3/4 inch long and wide down to jaw line.

Comment by brian white on November 6, 2010 at 8:31pm: i agree! if the facepiece seals, grow it!

Comment by brandon earley on January 31, 2009 at 10:55am: i think that having a mustache is a great tradition in the fire service and needs to be carried on. as long as your face piece fits, you should be allowed to have one.

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