Female Firefighers Debate: Gender Diversity Doesn’t Save Lives

Over the last devastating week of wildfires, there are many things that we’ve learned that the Los Angeles Fire Department needs — and more women firefighters isn’t one of them.

This isn’t to slight the contribution of female LAFD personnel who are out there giving it their all in dangerous conditions, but to note that of all the phenomena that don’t care about race and gender, a rampaging inferno must top the list.

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Rich Lowry

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Over the last devastating week of wildfires, there are many things that we’ve learned that the Los Angeles Fire Department needs — and more women firefighters isn’t one of them.

This isn’t to slight the contribution of female LAFD personnel who are out there giving it their all in dangerous conditions, but to note that of all the phenomena that don’t care about race and gender, a rampaging inferno must top the list.