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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 7:46 pm
On another thread a poster said out of 10,500 NYC firefighters only 44 were women. I am surprised there are that many! I have lived in Brooklyn for over 20 years and have never seen one!
Have you? Where do you live and how common is it in your neighborhood?
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oliveoil
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 8:08 pm
Reality wrote: | On another thread a poster said out of 10,500 NYC firefighters only 44 were women. I am surprised there are that many! I have lived in Brooklyn for over 20 years and have never seen one!
Have you? Where do you live and how common is it in your neighborhood? |
I'm confused. If there are only 44 out of 10,000 it's obviously not going to be common anywhere. Do you think all 44 work at the same station?
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FranticFrummie
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 8:11 pm
I try to avoid places with large fires, so I doubt I would see any.
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thunderstorm
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 8:18 pm
FranticFrummie wrote: | I try to avoid places with large fires, so I doubt I would see any. |
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amother
Pearl
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 8:36 pm
I know a giyores who was a fire fighter. I believe she worked in NY.
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Reality
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 9:12 pm
oliveoil wrote: | I'm confused. If there are only 44 out of 10,000 it's obviously not going to be common anywhere. Do you think all 44 work at the same station? |
Obviously they don't!
I was just curious if anyone has seen a female firefighter. I have never. And I have kids who are obsessed with fire trucks. I have stopped and waved at every truck passing us by for the last 10 years. No women ever!
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Reality
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 9:13 pm
amother wrote: | I know a giyores who was a fire fighter. I believe she worked in NY. |
Very cool! She must be really strong!
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thunderstorm
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 9:14 pm
Reality wrote: | Obviously they don't!
I was just curious if anyone has seen a female firefighter. I have never. And I have kids who are obsessed with fire trucks. I have stopped and waved at every truck passing us by for the last 10 years. No women ever! |
Are they actual firefighters or do they work for the FDNY? Some may be just paramedics and EMTs for the FDNY.
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amother
Wheat
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 9:16 pm
There is a female firefighter in Monsey currently.
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Reality
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 9:20 pm
thunderstorm wrote: | Are they actual firefighters or do they work for the FDNY? Some may be just paramedics and EMTs for the FDNY. |
I don't know. That's a good point. Not sure how to research that.
I remember reading an article a number of years ago about the first female firefighter in NYC. I was surprised that the other poster said there were 44 now. I thought that number was quite high! Makes sense if most of those women are not actual firefighters.
Thanks!
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Reality
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 9:25 pm
So google was my friend.
Out of 311 firefighters to graduate this year in NYC...5 were women bringing up the total to.....72 on the force. Women make up .5%.
So they are out there as actual firefighters. So my original question still stands:
Have you ever seen a female firefighter?
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33055
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Thu, Oct 11 2018, 9:56 pm
I know one who followed in her father's footsteps. She serves with him as a full firefighter.
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amother
Blue
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Fri, Oct 12 2018, 12:24 am
I’m almost definite that I’ve seen one in Williamsburg.
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jerusalem90
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Fri, Oct 12 2018, 1:36 am
I've seen one in Jerusalem.
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Iymnok
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Fri, Oct 12 2018, 2:40 am
I have a friend who was one. Now she’s a GP.
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DrMom
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Fri, Oct 12 2018, 4:09 am
Reality wrote: | On another thread a poster said out of 10,500 NYC firefighters only 44 were women. I am surprised there are that many! I have lived in Brooklyn for over 20 years and have never seen one!
Have you? Where do you live and how common is it in your neighborhood? |
44 out of 10,500 = 0.4% of NYC firefighters. That;s not much at all.
And how many firefighters have you seen?
Also, they might not work in Brooklyn. Maybe they work in Manhattan or Queens.
And why is it so surprising you have never seen these particular 44 people in a city of 8.5 million people?
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shabbatiscoming
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Fri, Oct 12 2018, 4:31 am
Reality wrote: | On another thread a poster said out of 10,500 NYC firefighters only 44 were women. I am surprised there are that many! I have lived in Brooklyn for over 20 years and have never seen one!
Have you? Where do you live and how common is it in your neighborhood? | Shocker of all shockers here: Brooklyn is not the whole world or the center of the world. Is is not even the biggest borough in New York. So you do the math.
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amother
Lemon
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Fri, Oct 12 2018, 9:24 am
amother wrote: | There is a female firefighter in Monsey currently. |
Shes a relative of mine. Been on the force for years.
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icebreaker
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Fri, Oct 12 2018, 9:40 am
I think there’s one in my CT town. She may be a volunteer though. I’m not sure.
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zaq
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Fri, Oct 12 2018, 11:33 am
Reality wrote: | So google was my friend.
Out of 311 firefighters to graduate this year in NYC...5 were women bringing up the total to.....72 on the force. Women make up .5%.
So they are out there as actual firefighters. So my original question still stands:
Have you ever seen a female firefighter? |
No, but you wouldn’t necessarily be able to ID the gender of a firefighter in full turnout gear. Those coats aren’t exactly form fitting, for one thing, and for another, gender assignments for dress, hair and grooming are very fluid these days. I’ve come across men whose ponytails and eye makeup I envy, and women who were really hard to identify as such.
I have seen pictures of, but not met in person, HS-age girls who are junior volunteer firefighters. This is not in NYC but in very small communities with volunteer fire services. They go to fire scenes and provide support like pulling hoses but don’t enter burning structures because they’re under 18 years old.
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