Posted on 05/09/2023 4:38:48 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
What happened: Female firefighters taking part in a Women-in-Fire Training Exchange program—intended to promote "mental health and gender diversity and inclusion"—accidentally caused an "out of control" forest fire in Banff National Park.
Residents in the surrounding areas were evacuated and several buildings were damaged on May 3 after the female firefighters initiated a prescribed burn that quickly escalated into an uncontrolled blaze.
Context: Banff National Park is in Canada, where South American migrants have been fleeing to escape the lawless squalor of America's big cities.
What they're saying: Days before the conference, local news outlets were celebrating the women's fire conference for its efforts to "break down barriers in [a] male-dominated industry." The 12-day training program was described as "an opportunity to engage participants of all different genders, ethnic, and racial backgrounds to explore the growing role of women in fire management."
Jane Park, the female "fire management specialist" who helped organize the conference, described the group of women who accidentally started the forest fire as the "cream of the crop." A former grad-school ski bum, Park said the training program was an opportunity for female firefighters to showcase the "value" of "diversity" in order to "build allies" among "men and people who are in the majority."
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Oh the irony! Guess all that diversity was not respected by the fire.
I think a better vetting and training program was required.
Not the Bee
Fire don’t care. A “controlled burn” took out 350,000 aces in New Mexico last year.
Ironic, because breaking down barriers is one thing female fire fighters can't do very well...
Jane Park, the female "fire management specialist" who helped organize the conference, described the group of women who accidentally started the forest fire as the "cream of the crop."
Well, that's encouraging...
There was a video in the 1990s or early 2000s of females trying out for the LA fire dept, it was hilarious watching them trying to put up ladders and get over walls.
Unfortunately, I have never been able to find it on youtube.
Nope. Too easy.
Looks like they are going to have to get some transgendered women on that fire team to add some competence and strength
I remember a Frank & Ernest cartoon years ago about planning a “controlled eruption” of Mt. Vesuvius. That didn’t go well, either.
Roasted elk.
DIE, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. Reap what you sow.
Normal citizens would have been Arrested, Charged and Prosecuted then be held liable in civil court for all damages.
THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE!! NOBODY deserves or should ever receive any type of Immunity, if it’s a good law, then EVERYONE should be held to it.
“There was a video in the 1990s or early 2000s of females trying out for the LA fire dept, it was hilarious watching them trying to put up ladders and get over walls.”
I saw that. It was indeed hilarious.
And all they were trying to do was light a bonfire, make S’mores, and trade hair braiding tips.
Banff is the most beautiful place in Canada. If you see some Canada pictures, there will be some of Banff there.
Well, I guess it was the most beautiful place!
It really exposed the fallacy, it was like watching a cartoon.
Sounds very stylish.
You haven’t lived until you skate on Lake Louise in winter.
So many empty kitchens.....
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