My son is on the local rescue squad. On a recent call a woman on the squad was unable to lift her end of the stretcher. How would you like it to be you on that stretcher? In the case of a firefighter, how would you like your closest adult male relative to be on the 5th floor of a burning building, overcome by smoke, and a 110 pound female fire(person) his only hope for getting out? Affirmative action in cases like those may kill.
It does sound like an awesomely bad idea. If they can only schlep so many people to a fire site they had better be guys or amazons. Even if the firewoman doesn't go in the house, those hoses are not easy to wrestle around either.
bet ya Chyna could get the old boy down safely, no problem
I doubt that minimal requirements allow a 110 lb person to qualify for a fireman's position. I'm sure their is a minimum weight and height requirement, adjusted for female stature but not one open ended. And I'm sure that all firefighters, M or F have minimal lifting requirements. Police departments also have minimum height, weight and physical ability requirements, slightly adjusted for the female stature.