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Firefighter who flunked physical injured 10 days into job
nypost ^ | Nov. 22, 2015 | Susan Edelman

Posted on 11/22/2015 10:40:42 AM PST by PROCON

A firefighter who was allowed to graduate the Fire Academy despite failing physical tests has already gone out on medical leave — just 10 days into the job, The Post has learned.

Probationary firefighter Choeurlyne Doirin-Holder injured herself Monday while conducting a routine check of equipment at Queens’ Engine 308 in South Richmond Hill. Getting off the truck, Doirin-Holder missed a step and landed on her left foot, suffering a fracture, sources said.

It was her second shift after a transfer from Engine 301. In training for a hazmat assignment, officers found her struggling to perform the required tasks.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; diversity; fdny; females; girl; politicalcorrectness
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To: beelzepug

Looks as though that thing on his head, was placed there by some passing bird.


61 posted on 11/22/2015 2:08:40 PM PST by peteyd (A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
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To: Cicero
Give her a lifetime retirement income with full health insurance and food stamps

That was in place before she even got to the hospital.

Next week she gets a medal.

62 posted on 11/22/2015 2:43:22 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Mears
You baby boomers may live longer because of the good care you got by the parents who you insult by saying that they don’t/didn’t understand the ramifications of old age.

Oh please; that remark borders on downright rudeness. They didn't understand the ramifications because they didn't expect to live long enough for anything they did to make a difference. In the event many of them did live long enough for it to make a difference, and many wished they had taken better care of themselves.

You need to learn the difference between criticism and analysis. It might prevent you making an ass of yourself in the future.

63 posted on 11/22/2015 2:54:28 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: sockmonkey

That reads like well written satire. You can’t make this stuff up.


64 posted on 11/22/2015 3:08:46 PM PST by Senator_Blutarski
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To: PROCON

Ah! It’s one of those women who have 3 names. I usually associate them with a man hating, feminist, yeast infected female with a perpetual yeast infection and a bad attitude.

Ya just gotta watch out for them for they lay low awaiting a wrong move in either speech or mannerisms to attack for some violation of the unwritten feminist rule book.


65 posted on 11/22/2015 4:00:04 PM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: sockmonkey
Choeurlyne Doirin-Holder, 39...

They are so short in recruiting that they need to hire a 39 year old (let alone woman)?

66 posted on 11/22/2015 4:18:05 PM PST by Henry Hnyellar
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Can’t speak for FDNY, but fire service culture is more the same than different, department to department...

So I suspect they will do what our crews did when the FD admin handed us an unqualified noob, and three would just do the work of four...In every job there are worthless individuals taking up space and standing idle while others carry the load for them...Poseurs...Nobody likes it, but there it is...

No amount of negative fitness reports or write ups will change anything that’s politically/racially motivated and the seasoned firefighters know that...So...They’ll just s&%t around it...


67 posted on 11/22/2015 6:20:31 PM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak!)
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To: Henry Hnyellar

When you have racial quotas the political bosses are pressuring you to fill, and candidate after candidate fails the most basic background for criminal record or drug use, nevermind IQ, you resort to taking whatever you can get...

Even if the physical standards must be fudged or even thrown out the window...Easy enough to fix, you just have one politically reliable officer conduct a closed super-secret Saturday fitness test, and Viola!, miracle of miracles, she passed! Seen it happen...

A female, let alone a BLACK female, is a plum hire, too choice to pass up...And they’ll prop her up if it takes a whole bunk of 2x4s and a keg of 16s to do it...


68 posted on 11/22/2015 6:31:33 PM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

“You need to learn the difference between criticism and analysis. “


What on earth was analytic in your post?

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69 posted on 11/22/2015 6:42:40 PM PST by Mears
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

and Morton’s Neuromas in both feet.

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How is that distinguished from neuropathy in the feet? (Which I have)


70 posted on 11/22/2015 6:49:28 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: sparklite2
Stereotypes wouldn't persist if there weren't reasons for them. They can save a lot of time.

General stereotypes are often wrong which is why people get so upset, however personal stereotypes are off the charts predictive. Someone that purposely injures themselves at work will be trying the same stunt for the next 20 years until they hit the jackpot.

71 posted on 11/22/2015 7:35:08 PM PST by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: Graybeard58
How is that distinguished from neuropathy in the feet? (Which I have)

Based on my understanding, a Morton's neuroma is a thickening of the tissue in the nerve that runs between the metatarsal bones, in response to continual irritation. It gets inflamed and causes pretty significant pain, very similar to a stress fracture. Neuropathy is an actual degeneration of the nerve tissue, frequently caused by diabetes. See your doctor if you suspect you have either. While you're at it, ask him, or her, or it, if Valtrex is right for you! :-)

72 posted on 11/23/2015 5:50:25 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: PROCON

Maybe she should have thought, during one of her trips through the academy, that the good Lord meant for her to stay an EMT.


73 posted on 11/23/2015 7:50:08 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: goldstategop

There could be women who could handle it, but I’m not sure if those hulks are even interested.


74 posted on 11/23/2015 7:51:48 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: beebuster2000
under watered-down requirements enacted by FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro.

That guy should hang his head in shame, but I doubt that he has even a smidgen of that.

75 posted on 11/23/2015 7:53:40 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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