More madness (Telegraph, £). The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) published Independent panel reports to NFCC with calls to action on culture and inclusion, the actual report is here. It claims to have found – quelle surprise – racism and misogyny, and stated that firemen in Britain were not “diverse” enough because the service’s proportion of women and ethnic minorities is less than in wider society. Nothing on fewer women than men wanting the jobs, nothing on fewer women than men havng the required physical fitness, nothing on women’s reluctance to work night shifts…
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Justice for Men & Boys 
And, as a consequence, THIS comes down the line. https://nypost.com/2025/01/12/us-news/lafds-diversity-chief-sparks-fury-for-defending-dei-by-blaming-the-victim/
As a species, we used to learn from our mistakes.
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Thanks. We covered this at the time but worth putting up again in the light of the ludicrous report, I’ll do that now.
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Beyond horrible!! This would be truly laughable if it wasn’t for the sickening damage this crap does to men!
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Indeed, including damage to male firefighters with female colleagues unable to work adequately alongside them. Plus the damage this does to victims of fire – men, women and children – all to satisfy the narcissism of women who wouldn’t pass the fitness tests that were mandatory until some years ago.
Reducing physical fitness requirments in order to drive up the proportion of women in the fire service has been going on for a long time. We published this in 2013, about changes to the fitness tests over 2000/1:
https://j4mb.org.uk/2013/03/26/female-firefighters-coming-soon-to-a-fire-near-you-fingers-crossed/
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