Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Meet the seemingly unfirable female firefighter
New York Post ^ | November 10, 2013 | Susan Edelman

Posted on 11/10/2013 8:54:27 PM PST by pluvmantelo

Despite failing a required FDNY running test five times, Wendy Tapia was allowed to graduate from the Fire Academy and become a firefighter. On Dec. 2, she is taking the test for an unprecedented sixth time. Tapia was one of only five women among 285 new firefighters who graduated from the FDNY’s Randall’s Island training academy on May 17. The class was hailed as the most diverse group of rookies ever, all of them EMTs or paramedics seeking promotion to firefighter. She joined a group of just 35 women among the 11,000 Bravest.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-35 last
To: pluvmantelo

She went sick her first day and requested a desk job.


21 posted on 11/10/2013 10:19:46 PM PST by kenf3
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: piytar

“Now, if just...” s/b “Now if you just...”


22 posted on 11/10/2013 10:24:19 PM PST by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Dilbert San Diego

It’s about despising all traditional limits for their own sake, not because of finding a better way to meet a traditional goal.


23 posted on 11/10/2013 10:24:31 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: GeronL
She could probably fail every test and still not be fired. lol

lol my ass. (no offense) This PC crap will cost lives. Every firefighter should have the size and strength of an NFL linebacker. Who do you want to see when your almost dead from smoke inhalation busting through a burning door to carry your ass to safety, Someone the size of Ray Lewis or Nancy Pelosi?

24 posted on 11/10/2013 10:31:04 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: pluvmantelo

That 12-minute standard seems like it’s already been “dumbed-down” to accommodate females. That’s an eight-minute mile.


25 posted on 11/10/2013 10:50:54 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (If you liked the website, you'll LOVE the healthcare!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: piytar
Something tells me that this is going to be a set up for a lawsuit by Ms. Tapia.

When I tried to work as a firefighter, people were mean to me, so I need compen$ation.

26 posted on 11/10/2013 11:18:47 PM PST by boop (I had no IDEA I'd be paying for Obamacare. I thought it would be a rich guy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: pluvmantelo

Its NYC.

Who care if the NYFD cant save the NY city dwellers?

F-NYC.


27 posted on 11/11/2013 12:56:01 AM PST by NoLibZone (The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pluvmantelo

Many years ago one of my close friends who was an excellent athlete and always in good shape took the test to become a fireman. He told me about the physical part of the test. I wouldn’t be surprised if only one male in five could have passed the physical. I would have had a tough time passing it, and I though I was in shape at the time. My friend passed and was put on the waiting list, but he took another job instead and never became a fireman.


28 posted on 11/11/2013 2:51:07 AM PST by driftless2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pluvmantelo

Most people overlook the real problem. If she cannot pass the test now while she is young and at the peak of her physical powers, what will she be like when she hits 40 and has gained a few pounds and lost some youth?

The answer is she will be hiding somewhere in an administrative job on light duty and earning Firefighters pay.

I have seen it.

I remember a woman who failed the training school where I worked as Firefighter, she went to court against the Chief and Captain at the school, she got a do-over and the Chief and captain got a transfer. Their replacements saw the handwriting on the wall and passed her, she graduated.

She was useless in the Company she went to, and created multiple problems, after a couple of years, one day she went on sick leave. The Firefighters stopped at a local Safeway to get groceries , and she was there working a part time job as register clerk while on sick leave from the Fire Department. This time she got fired.


29 posted on 11/11/2013 2:51:20 AM PST by Venturer (Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pluvmantelo
She joined a group of just 35 women among the 11,000 Bravest.

Yeah, there's a reason for that. And it should be 34.

30 posted on 11/11/2013 2:54:37 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Venturer

“I remember a woman who failed the training school where I worked as Firefighter, she went to court against the Chief and Captain at the school, she got a do-over and the Chief and captain got a transfer. Their replacements saw the handwriting on the wall and passed her, she graduated.”

That very mindset is why a few managers I know won’t hire women (for clerial office work); rather than tiptoe around them, they’re willing to hire less-qualified Hispanic guys and will train them.


31 posted on 11/11/2013 3:27:45 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: Impy

Yeah, I was wondering about that too. I never had the desire to be a firefighter when I was an EMT-P.


32 posted on 11/11/2013 3:58:11 AM PST by Sarajevo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Sarajevo

A lot of emt’s from our local ambulance service become firefighters......because of the pay. The difference is huge.


33 posted on 11/11/2013 7:41:52 AM PST by sheana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: HiTech RedNeck
What happened to diversity-is-good anyhow? We all got to be the same?

Progressivism means you get to have it both ways. Doublespeak rules!

34 posted on 11/11/2013 12:13:46 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: pluvmantelo

About 7 years ago the LA Weekly (the VERY liberal, left-wing, free newspaper of Los Angeles) did a very comprehensive article on LAFD and its problems with female recruits who (literally) couldn’t pull their own weight.

It was this same story, multiplied by many of LA’s women firefighters. Documented how they get hired as EMTs because the physical demands are less and fail as firefighters (looks like this chick went EMT to firefighter also). After failing they cost the county big money in Worker’s Comp and discrimination lawsuits.

Also, an obscenely disproportionate amount of money is spent recruiting and in remedial training of females.


35 posted on 11/12/2013 11:34:30 AM PST by HEM
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-35 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson