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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

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To: PROCON

Is this the same larda$$ that couldn’t even run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes?

How’s that AA working there for you?


21 posted on 11/22/2015 10:59:41 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Cicero
"Give her a lifetime retirement income with full health insurance and food stamps."

Who cares.

Everyone FEELS good and afterall, it's only your money.

Look how many people are happy and satisfied, eh?

22 posted on 11/22/2015 11:00:01 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Proud2BeRight

You done won the internets. Lol!


23 posted on 11/22/2015 11:02:32 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: PROCON

From the NY Post this past July:

Choeurlyne Doirin-Holder, 39 — one of four women among 320 current probies in training — failed midway through a Fire Academy class in 2013, and returned to her former job as an EMT.

After entering another class in early 2014, she dropped out because of an injury. But the FDNY kept Doirin-Holder on payroll.

She made $81,376, including overtime, last year — about $26,000 more than the $55,144 she made as an EMT in 2013, records show. Most probies get starting firefighter pay of $39,370.

The FDNY did not assign Doirin-Holder to two subsequent academy classes. She worked desk jobs first at headquarters, then on Randalls Island.

“She was qualified as an EMT. She should have been serving the public while waiting for the next probie class, but was paid as a full-time firefighter to do office work and train on the payroll,” a high-ranking source said.

A year ago, a classmate called Doirin-Holder “the most pathetic specimen of physical fitness I’ve ever seen,” saying she failed to run a required 1.5 miles in 12 minutes, stopping to walk, and got winded walking up stairs.

Doirin-Holder gets top firefighter pay, a base $76,488 after five years, because she is one of 282 “priority hires” who Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis ordered must get preference.

Two other female priority hires in Doirin-Holder’s first academy class, now ages 41 and 44, did well, sources said. They passed the Functional Skills Test, or FST, a tough obstacle course of tasks such as climbing six flights of stairs in full gear and dragging dummies.

Doirin-Holder declined to comment, referring questions to the FDNY.

“We don’t discuss individuals or individual cases while in the academy,” said spokesman Jim Long.

��‹Doirin-Holder now stands to benefit from the FDNY’s newly watered-down standards, critics said.


24 posted on 11/22/2015 11:04:22 AM PST by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: goldstategop

Hubby is a retired firefighter. 33 years on the job. Back when they started the push for female firefighters our county hired a whole bunch of them. Within 3 years all but 2 were off on medical leave. They just couldn’t do the job. The 2 that remained actually stayed til they recently retired. One kissed enough ass that she worked her way up to Batt Chief real quick so she didn’t have to actually do the job. The other one was a great firefighter and just retired as Captain of her station for many years.


25 posted on 11/22/2015 11:06:59 AM PST by sheana
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To: sockmonkey
A true winner in the con of affirmative action.

*SPIT*

26 posted on 11/22/2015 11:09:01 AM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: Cicero

That’s why she joined.

Just like Kerry served in Vietnam for one purpose: to get three scratches and three Purple Hearts and to come back and fight America, the military and the Vietnam war “as a veteran.”

Joining the service was not to serve but to promote oneself.


27 posted on 11/22/2015 11:10:43 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Carter...Reagan...Bush...Clinton....Bush....Carter....BUSH? / CLINTON? STOP THE INSANITY!)
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To: Cicero
Everybody needs a leg up now and then.

Some need a big fat arse a-hoisted.

28 posted on 11/22/2015 11:15:35 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: PROCON
Well, if you've got some people who can do the job, and some people who can't do the job, it's obvious that you've got a diverse force. Which contributes to the strength of the whole. That's axiomatic.
29 posted on 11/22/2015 11:16:08 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: goodnesswins
Is she pregnant too?

Ultrasound revealed a gestating lasagna about 8 months along.

30 posted on 11/22/2015 11:19:05 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Is this the same larda$$ that couldn’t even run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes?

I'm pretty sure I could do that, and I'm 63, have asthma, and Morton's Neuromas in both feet.

31 posted on 11/22/2015 11:19:18 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: PROCON

But fat and stupid is good enough for a job that requires a very high level of fitness, at least in a world that caters to delicate snowflakes.

32 posted on 11/22/2015 11:22:12 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

I can too at 38 & with asthma as you have. You being 63 means you’re literally in the top 5% of your age group.


33 posted on 11/22/2015 11:23:40 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: sockmonkey
Doirin-Holder gets top firefighter pay, a base $76,488 after five years, because she is one of 282 priority hires who Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis (Clinton pick) ordered must get preference.


34 posted on 11/22/2015 11:24:53 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: PROCON

There certainly was no surprise to find a female involved. After failing her physical, 10 days into the job- injured? The little flower petal plucked. Why was this her life vocation? Our foolish government!


35 posted on 11/22/2015 11:26:21 AM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: martin_fierro

That’s a man, Baby. (Austin Powers)


36 posted on 11/22/2015 11:28:38 AM PST by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
and I'm 63, have asthma, and Morton's Neuromas in both feet.

OH YEAH Well, I'm older than you and you should see the rash on my..........never mind.

37 posted on 11/22/2015 11:29:31 AM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: Cicero

And a participation trophy....


38 posted on 11/22/2015 11:35:47 AM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: PROCON

Just think how self-inflicted casualties will affect overall unit performance on a battlefield. A useful tactic- inflicting injuries-in an opposing military.


39 posted on 11/22/2015 11:36:23 AM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: martin_fierro

Unattractive cow with a &%$#-faced “I’m entitled” sneer. And that awful Ebonics “Choeurlyne” name as well. Ugh, what a terrible person.


40 posted on 11/22/2015 11:36:45 AM PST by mquinn (Obama's supporters: a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise)
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