FDNY wants more blacks

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In a major shift, the FDNY is set to relax its hiring requirements as it struggles to boost the number of minority firefighters, the Daily News has learned.

Applicants will need only 15 college credits - down from 30 - or six months of work experience, sources said.

The FDNY has long been dogged by criticism about its lack of diversity, and its hiring practices are under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, with findings due out shortly.

The FDNY has long been dogged by criticism about its lack of diversity, and its hiring practices are under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, with findings due out shortly.

"The changes, along with a stronger recruitment effort, are small steps in the right direction," said Capt. Paul Washington, head of the Vulcan Society, a group representing the FDNY's black firefighters and a frequent critic of the department's hiring practices.

"It's encouraging, but there's more to be done."

But when 139 probationary firefighters graduated in April, just six were black. (Boohoo)

Of the FDNY's 11,400 uniformed members, about 325 - less than 3% - are black. About 30, less than 1%, are women.
 

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Also, Recruitment of white officers in London should be slowed down.

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Bevan Powell, deputy chair of the Black Police Association, has called for "affirmative action" to help recruit more black police personnel.

Speaking to Black Britain Powell said: "We've already said that we would like to see affirmative action put in place. Both [in terms of recruitment and progression] based on the patent model that was introduced in Northern Ireland where a 50-50 system was introduced - 50 per cent Catholic and 50 per cent Protestant."

Powell, maintained that he wasn't talking about a "lowering of standards" or even the same "50/50 split" that worked so successfully in Ireland.

Powell told Black Britain: "What we are talking about is having a critical mass of officers recruited at the same time. In a sense, slowing down the recruitment of white officers and increasing that of blacks. It might be [only] 30-70 but this is certainly something that we are demanding for London."

Powell insisted that The Association of Chief Police Officers [ACPO], a police body that works in developing policing policies on behalf of the service as a whole, were behind him.

Powell told Black Britain: "Many senior officers within ACPO and within the constabularies have voiced support for such an action but it will need delegation. We have already written papers on that."
 

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Cindy Schuenke is a fighter and now she may be gearing up for a major legal fight. The Community Fire Protection District firefighter was severely burned and reportedly left for dead on the job last March.

It happened while Schuenke was battling a house fire in Vinita Terrace. The 77-year-old homeowner died.

Schuenke was inside when the main floor collapsed and she fell at least 12 feet into the basement.

"I landed on the fire and the wires, I was burning and being electrocuted," said Schuenke.

She has severe burns to her fingers, arms, legs and feet. A fellow firefighter tried to reach for her but Schuenke's glove fell off and the firefighter was out of air. Schuenke was trapped alone in the burning basement.

"Nobody came back to help me or anything. I heard them say, 'There's nothing we can do, she's going to die.' I was like, 'I can't die here, I can't die like this,'" said Schuenke.

The bottom line is a white woman fell 12 feet onto the basement and blacks left her to die because they're cowards. Apparently, the FDNY wants more of those cowardly blacks to work for them.
 
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