If you are in management, you face the problem every week, and the challenge does not seem to go away.
Strong exhortation is too risky, and offering bribes is out of the question.
Sometimes a counselor may help, but what you really need is a professional resource that is especially oriented to the unique needs, demands, and stresses faced by fire service personnel. You and your department will profit from the assistance given by a fire service chaplain. The effectiveness of the fire chaplain is made through his or her relationship with firefighters, their families, and people in the community. A fire chaplain is a minister of Jesus Christ who seeks to meet the life needs of all fire service personnel and their families, who honors all faiths, and who is also able to care for community victims impacted by fire or assisted by fire service personnel. Who the person is, is defined by what he or she does.