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YELLOWS_2:
We had the same situation at our station but now has all changed we are all so happy with our female fire fighters. they are good to work with and all have fun

rescue5271:
As I have alreday said its about time some females took action against these brigades,talk first to the captain or the GO and if no luck take it to the VSO and follow the chain.... I have also seen this first hand from a friend who went to join a brigade and the guys treated her like crap and when I raised the issue with the captain he said he did not want feamles on his station..... Mind you its sad in this day and age that these guys get away with it and its time to do something about it.. My friend went and joined SES and is very happy,the sad point is that there is talk that they will join CFS as the town can no longer support ses/cfs... She is happy to transfer but at what cost???? Did you know that SES have 39% feamle members and that CFs have around 10%.... As a male I for one feel that females need to be welcomed into any service and we need all the help we can get... Mind you we are only human....

81631:
I was not only the 1st female member at my brigade I was the 1st (and only) cadet.  I joined under a captain who, to this day, believes that  a womans place is in the kitchen.  I have prooven him wrong on many occations and now there is 4 female members in my brigade.  I was onlt told last week at training that even though he has 10+ years membership/experiance on me that many of the members would not take what he has to say seriously.

There is male members of my brigade that cant take the heat on the fire ground, but will still respond to the station to do radio and help out (they also do training ect) and are happy to make the cuppas when we get back!!!!

It just goes to show that sometimes women are as good as the men (if not better) at some things and vise versa!!!!!  :lol:

medevac:
very stupid...

we have several females in the brigade, and although theyre not as physically capable as most of the males in the brigade, they are still great FFs, and if not for them we wouldnt get out the doors for day calls sometimes...


i dont see why we'd treat them any differant to  the guys in the brigade.

Mike:

--- Quote from: medevac on July 18, 2006, 10:44:57 AM ---although theyre not as physically capable as most of the males in the brigade,

--- End quote ---

That creates a very stereo typical view though.... Some members of our brigade have a pre-concieved idea that this is the case for all women. This leads to the girls not being given a chance.....  :x

Not having a go Medevac (just generalising your statement a bit)...... It may be true in a few cases, but we cant let these pre-concieved ideas creep in to far, as thats what starts the ball rolling.

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