Woman to become firefighter despite failing crucial fitness test

Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2015-05-03 23:53

Story here. Excerpt:

'The FDNY for the first time in its history will allow someone who failed its crucial physical-fitness test to join the Bravest, The Post has learned.

Rebecca Wax, 33, is set to graduate Tuesday from the Fire Academy without passing the Functional Skills Training test, a grueling obstacle course of job-related tasks performed in full gear with a limited air supply, an insider has revealed.

“They’re going to allow the first person to graduate without passing because this administration has lowered the standard,” said the insider, who is familiar with the training.

Upon graduation, Wax would be assigned to a firehouse and tasked with the full duties of a firefighter.
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“We’re being asked to go into a fire with someone who isn’t 100 percent qualified,” the source said. “Our job is a team effort. If there’s a weak link in the chain, either civilians or our members can die.”

Wax’s graduation comes as the city celebrates the FDNY’s 150th anniversary and as the department is under pressure by the de Blasio administration to hire more women.

Only 44 of the FDNY’s 10,500 firefighters are female.'

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“We’re being asked to go into a fire with someone who isn’t 100 percent qualified,” the source said. “Our job is a team effort. If there’s a weak link in the chain, either civilians or our members can die.”

my goodness! they seem to miss the point, entirely!
you see what is important is not whether people die ('specially men)!!
what's important is the advancement of women
you silly gooses! (sarcasm off)

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Submitted by ErikaLancastor on Mon, 2015-05-04 13:46

It's truly remarkable how feminism is so focused on advantaging women, that often times it does not realize the damage it is doing to women.

Some of the people needing rescue will be women. Thus, there is a large possibility here that admitting this woman who does not meet the standards of the fire department will result in female civilian deaths as well as male.

Other examples of this can be found in censoring of women who disagree with feminism, and in pro-female affirmative action (a fine way to build resentment towards a group is to give them legally-mandated special privileges).

Feminism. . . because women need a push forward, even if its at the expense of women.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Mon, 2015-05-04 22:11