Not a good leader
The Daily Wire reports:
LAFD Assistant Chief Kristine Larson, who reportedly makes $399,000 a year and led the charge against former LAFD Chief Ralph Terrazas, accusing him of ignoring complaints from women in the department, appeared in a video in which she said if someone complained about a woman firefighter’s inability to carry a man out of a fire, her response would be, “He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.”
Larson, a lesbian, is “very involved in girls’ fire camps up and down the West Coast which provide leadership, team building and empowerment to young women in high school,” the LAFD states in her bio.
In the video, Larson states, “You want to see somebody that responds to your house, your emergency — whether it’s a medical call or a fire call — that looks like you. It gives that person a little more ease, knowing that somebody might understand their situation better. ‘Is she strong enough to do this?’ Or ‘You couldn’t carry my husband out of a fire.’ Which my response is, ‘He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.’”
And people wonder why there is a backlash to DEI.
The NZ requirement is for firefighters to be able to drag a 90kg weight 30 metres. I’m not sure if it is different in LA, but having a fire chief blaming victims is a bad look.
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