Nothing new to this.
I remember a recruit class at the Fire Academy .
Recruits were required to put up a 24’ ladder by themselves.
The ladder is listed in the training manual as a two-man ladder, but the point was, most any Firefighter can and will be called upon to put it up alone on the fireground.
This young lady could not get it up so they let her go.
She sued the Chief, a Captain, and the Fire Department and won the suit. She passed the school and went downtown to an Engine Company, where she sucked so badly it was pathetic.
She went on sick leave for a supposed back injury and was found to be working at a Safeway store as cashier while on sick leave. She couldnt beat that one.
I have noticed that some Fire Departments have Rodeo’s where Firefighter compete in job skills. I have al;so noticed that there are two classes, men and women. If the women get paid the same why arent they required to compete with the men?
Women have different fitness levels in the military and are paid the same[by rank].