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Female fire staff to blaze trail at event



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FIREFIGHTERS from Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service are to run a recruitment drive at Edinburgh's Race for Life events.
Outreach officers Lynne Gow and Lud Ramsey will take part in the female only charity events in South Queensferry tomorrow and again in the capital at the beginning of June,

where they hope to encourage other competitors to consider joining the fire service.

Brigade outreach officer, Lynne Gow, said: "Race for Life is an absolutely fantastic event, it is great fun and everyone's hard work counts towards an extremely important cause, so it's a pleasure for us to attend.

"However, because it attracts so many women, many of whom possess the fitness and drive to have what it takes, it is also a perfect platform to promote firefighting as a great career for females."





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  • Last Updated: 10 May 2008 12:00 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

rozzerwatch2 ,

10/05/2008 17:36:17
Could someone please explain - genuine enquiry - why this is a women only event. Even the Moonwalk encorages men to participate (of course, men can suffer from breast cancer as well as women)
2

PyroDan,

edinburgh 10/05/2008 18:57:45
I was thinking that very same point, also watch does an outreach officer do witnin the new modernised fire service is this part of the community action that we hear so much about ?
3

Teofilio Cubillas,

10/05/2008 19:57:29
Excellent.

I'll be looking forward to similar 'outreach' officers being employed by the NHS and Education department to make up for the appallingly low level of male representation in nursing and teaching. I won't hold my breath though.
4

Finbarr Saunders,

11/05/2008 17:05:23
Fire service outreach officers? Sounds like yet another pathetic attempt to appear oh-so-politically-correct?

Lothian and Borders Fire Service should be employing the best people for the job and, if most of those people happen to be men, because of their fitness, strength, lung capacity, or whatever, then so be it.

The individuals who are being rescued from their burning homes or crashed vehicles don't give a flying fig that the majority of fire-fighters are men. They just want to be rescued.
5

Little Leith Voice,

12/05/2008 12:02:51
Sorry, but I think this is a great idea. I think a lot more women would join if they felt encourage to do so - it can be a pretty intimidating thought to be in such a male dominated job.

#3 - you're right - there should be more of this for men in traditional female jobs. It shouldn't just work one way!

 

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