New York City’s Black and female firefighters are subjected to harassment and uncivil treatment at three times the rate of their colleagues, according to a new survey examining tensions and ...

She was the first Black female firefighter in the fire department’s history, and the first lieutenant. She was promoted to that role just one month before her death. Her death also marked the ...

Other findings showed inaccurate information about testing and performance standards contributed to the negative experiences of Black and female firefighters. They want testing standards to be ...

Every firefighter should be able to do this ... “Fire doesn’t care about if you are Black, white, female, male – fire doesn’t care about that. So while everybody is trying to say ...

The department also employs 508 white men and 27 white women ... the agency has added on two more Black women firefighters — Danielle Allen and Brooke Simms. The three of them have been working ...

Four Black female firefighters are suing the District of Columbia, claiming that discrimination on the basis of their race and sex prevented them from receiving pay increases and working overtime.

Four Black female firefighters in the District sued the city Monday, saying they have been “systematically and continuously discriminated against on the basis of their race and gender ...

Ajose says she was one of three women firefighters who opted to terminate ... Ajose is one of four Black women who filed a lawsuit against the department this week alleging discrimination based ...

The latest data shows Black female firefighters make up about 7 percent ... and firefighter with the fire department. "To come into a white male-dominated career is a second task," Randolph ...

NEW YORK-- A survey administered by the FDNY to firefighters finds that Black and female members experience harassment and uncivil treatment at three times the rate of others in the department.