This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

[Drop Dead Fred]

This is not satire.

This article includes a link is to the official government website where the bill is posted.

This is the kind of thing that results from the wokeness mindset.

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) January 11, 2025 This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own sa…

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This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.​

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

January 11, 2025

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

The bill is sponsored by:

Michael D’Agostino (Democrat – 91st district)

Josh Elliott (Democrat – 88th district)

Robyn Porter (Democrat – 94th district)

Martin Looney (Democrat -11th district)

Jorge Cabrera (Democrat – 17th district)

The bill is at this link:

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05501-R00-HB.PDF

And here is the internet archive of that link:

Wayback Machine

The text of the bill states:

State of Connecticut

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5501

January Session, 2023

LCO No. 259

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Introduced by:

REP. D’AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.

REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.

REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

SEN. CABRERA, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PHYSICAL ABILITY TESTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES FOR FIREFIGHTER
POSITIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That chapter 104 of the general statutes be amended to establish
physical ability test requirements for female candidates for firefighter
positions that provide an alternative to the fifty-pound simulated vest
test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow for a more diverse class of candidates for firefighter positions
at municipal and volunteer fire departments by recognizing that
additional female candidates would qualify for such positions based on
revised physical standards that offer an alternative to the fifty-pound
simulated vest test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

LCO No. 2590

 

[1srelluc]

Of course, the alternative will be 60# bladder of liberal tears.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

This is not satire.

This article includes a link is to the official government website where the bill is posted.

This is the kind of thing that results from the wokeness mindset.

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) January 11, 2025 This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own sa…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.​

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

January 11, 2025

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

The bill is sponsored by:

Michael D’Agostino (Democrat – 91st district)

Josh Elliott (Democrat – 88th district)

Robyn Porter (Democrat – 94th district)

Martin Looney (Democrat -11th district)

Jorge Cabrera (Democrat – 17th district)

The bill is at this link:

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05501-R00-HB.PDF

And here is the internet archive of that link:

Wayback Machine

The text of the bill states:

State of Connecticut

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5501

January Session, 2023

LCO No. 259

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Introduced by:

REP. D’AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.

REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.

REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

SEN. CABRERA, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PHYSICAL ABILITY TESTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES FOR FIREFIGHTER
POSITIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That chapter 104 of the general statutes be amended to establish
physical ability test requirements for female candidates for firefighter
positions that provide an alternative to the fifty-pound simulated vest
test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow for a more diverse class of candidates for firefighter positions
at municipal and volunteer fire departments by recognizing that
additional female candidates would qualify for such positions based on
revised physical standards that offer an alternative to the fifty-pound
simulated vest test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

LCO No. 2590

Democrats wake up every day and try to think of another way to fuck with the citizens of the US. They never have a good idea, like having standards that enable firefighters not only to carry their own equipment, but very heavy hoses up a flight of stairs. Then open the nozzle and put a very heavy stream of water on the fires. Nope, Democrats love making life hard for everyone, until it is their own houses that are lit on fire, and then the crocodile tears start flowing. The people in Californication, keeps electing the dumbass leftists, then deserve all the misery the leftists want to impose on them.

 

[DGS49]

This sort of thing has been going on for decades. In Pittsburgh in the '70's. they shrunk the rescue dummy from 180 lbs to less than a hundred, so women could at East have some hope of carrying it in testing and training. Unconscious victims must be pre-qualified for firefighter assistance. Too fat, too bad.

 

[shockedcanadian]

This is not satire.

This article includes a link is to the official government website where the bill is posted.

This is the kind of thing that results from the wokeness mindset.

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) January 11, 2025 This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own sa…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.​

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

January 11, 2025

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

The bill is sponsored by:

Michael D’Agostino (Democrat – 91st district)

Josh Elliott (Democrat – 88th district)

Robyn Porter (Democrat – 94th district)

Martin Looney (Democrat -11th district)

Jorge Cabrera (Democrat – 17th district)

The bill is at this link:

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05501-R00-HB.PDF

And here is the internet archive of that link:

Wayback Machine

The text of the bill states:

State of Connecticut

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5501

January Session, 2023

LCO No. 259

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Introduced by:

REP. D’AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.

REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.

REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

SEN. CABRERA, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PHYSICAL ABILITY TESTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES FOR FIREFIGHTER
POSITIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That chapter 104 of the general statutes be amended to establish
physical ability test requirements for female candidates for firefighter
positions that provide an alternative to the fifty-pound simulated vest
test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow for a more diverse class of candidates for firefighter positions
at municipal and volunteer fire departments by recognizing that
additional female candidates would qualify for such positions based on
revised physical standards that offer an alternative to the fifty-pound
simulated vest test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

LCO No. 2590

One of the last names of the politicians signing this proposal is Looney. Huh.

 

[shockedcanadian]

One of the last names of the politicians signing this proposal is Looney. Huh. That's different.

 

[lg325]

I was a fire fighter for a year in a small town we had two women on the team who passed the training exam. They had no special needs they did all the men did and no complaints. Rules like the above are made by those in ivory towers with little real world experiences.

 

[Hellokitty]

I was a fire fighter for a year in a small town we had two women on the team who passed the training exam. They had no special needs they did all the men did and no complaints. Rules like the above are made by those in ivory towers with little real world experiences.

Right but it seems being able to carry your own safety equipment would be non negotiable. Seriously 50#'s isn't that much to expect someone to carry regardless of being a woman.

 

[sparky]

Whatever the PT differences may exist, one is always going to have their gear on......~S~

 

[elektra]

Democrats have no idea how to lead or govern. Democrats have no place in society

 

[westwall]

This is not satire.

This article includes a link is to the official government website where the bill is posted.

This is the kind of thing that results from the wokeness mindset.

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) January 11, 2025 This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own sa…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.​

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

January 11, 2025

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

The bill is sponsored by:

Michael D’Agostino (Democrat – 91st district)

Josh Elliott (Democrat – 88th district)

Robyn Porter (Democrat – 94th district)

Martin Looney (Democrat -11th district)

Jorge Cabrera (Democrat – 17th district)

The bill is at this link:

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05501-R00-HB.PDF

And here is the internet archive of that link:

Wayback Machine

The text of the bill states:

State of Connecticut

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5501

January Session, 2023

LCO No. 259

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Introduced by:

REP. D’AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.

REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.

REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

SEN. CABRERA, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PHYSICAL ABILITY TESTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES FOR FIREFIGHTER
POSITIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That chapter 104 of the general statutes be amended to establish
physical ability test requirements for female candidates for firefighter
positions that provide an alternative to the fifty-pound simulated vest
test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow for a more diverse class of candidates for firefighter positions
at municipal and volunteer fire departments by recognizing that
additional female candidates would qualify for such positions based on
revised physical standards that offer an alternative to the fifty-pound
simulated vest test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

LCO No. 2590

I think that's great! Talk about an immediate end to DEI.

All of those weak twits will simply die.

 

[initforme]

They should be paid alot more to fight fires.

 

[lg325]

Right but it seems being able to carry your own safety equipment would be non negotiable. Seriously 50#'s isn't that much to expect someone to carry regardless of being a woman.

In our training school we had to carry a large exhaust fan up three flights of stairs turn it on then run and jump off the roof. The fan was easily 50 pounds or more and those ladies did it as did I . Jumping off a three story building into an air bag was a blast for all of us.

 

[sparky]

In our training school we had to carry a large exhaust fan up three flights of stairs turn it on then run and jump off the roof. The fan was easily 50 pounds or more and those ladies did it as did I . Jumping off a three story building into an air bag was a blast for all of us.

same experience here Ig

anecdotally, one really can't identify much inside a burning structure , with turnout & SCBA, and you get whoever's available mutual aid

so after putting down the dragon , we would all be outside taking off the gear , scba, nomex hood, helmets to catch some fresh air

and this one FF lets all her blond hair on down.......we were in with a girl, and didn't even know it!

oh the humanity!...... ~S~

 

[Independent thinker]

This is not satire.

This article includes a link is to the official government website where the bill is posted.

This is the kind of thing that results from the wokeness mindset.

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) January 11, 2025 This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own sa…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.​

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

January 11, 2025

This proposal from five Connecticut Democrats would get rid of the requirement that firefighters be strong enough to carry their own safety equipment.

The bill is sponsored by:

Michael D’Agostino (Democrat – 91st district)

Josh Elliott (Democrat – 88th district)

Robyn Porter (Democrat – 94th district)

Martin Looney (Democrat -11th district)

Jorge Cabrera (Democrat – 17th district)

The bill is at this link:

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05501-R00-HB.PDF

And here is the internet archive of that link:

Wayback Machine

The text of the bill states:

State of Connecticut

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5501

January Session, 2023

LCO No. 259

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Introduced by:

REP. D’AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.

REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.

REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

SEN. CABRERA, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PHYSICAL ABILITY TESTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES FOR FIREFIGHTER
POSITIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That chapter 104 of the general statutes be amended to establish
physical ability test requirements for female candidates for firefighter
positions that provide an alternative to the fifty-pound simulated vest
test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow for a more diverse class of candidates for firefighter positions
at municipal and volunteer fire departments by recognizing that
additional female candidates would qualify for such positions based on
revised physical standards that offer an alternative to the fifty-pound
simulated vest test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

LCO No. 2590

Stupid is as stupid does. DEI is all that matters.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

In our training school we had to carry a large exhaust fan up three flights of stairs turn it on then run and jump off the roof. The fan was easily 50 pounds or more and those ladies did it as did I . Jumping off a three story building into an air bag was a blast for all of us.

Can one of those women pick up a unconscious two hundred pound man and fireman's carry him down three flights of stairs? Found out in the military that not one woman could achieve that, while many of the men could. The DEI men couldnt either, and that is why the secretary of Defense will bring back the original training specs for soldiers.

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

One of the last names of the politicians signing this proposal is Looney. Huh.

I noticed that too.