I am a fireman and I can tell you that I will not go into a burning building with anyone that just barely passes the Firefighter coutse but is promoted because of race.
I want the best and the brightest running the show, no matter what their race is
I am a retired Firefighter and I can tell you I have been in burning buildings with unqualified people hired under affirmative action. The city hires them and you work with them, you have no choice. Some of them were not bad Firefighters.You really dont have to be real smart to enter a building that others are bailing out of.
The problem comes with promotions to drivers and Officers.
People who cannot pass a test to be appointed also cannot pass a test to operate Emrgency vehicles., They don’t properly learn their districts or study the buildings in that district.They cannot pass a test to become Fire officers.So they sit around and complain of being discriminated against.
They forget that they shouldnt have been hired to begin with. So the Fire departments start rewriting tests so that an idiot could pass them or they give preferential treatment to them to get them officers jobs. THAT is when the trouble starts.
Now you arent going into a building on fire with someone who isnt real bright,but can direct a hose stream ,or put up a ladder. Now you have an idiot in charge of you.THAT can get you killed.