Phew! The Firefighter Has A Vagina! That Will Keep Us So Much Safer In A Fire!
In New York City, a female firefighter who was allowed to graduate the academy, despite failing physical tests, is on medical leave -- 10 days into the job.

And no, she didn't get injured rushing into a burning building. She was checking some stuff on the truck.

Susan Edelman writes in The New York Post:

Probationary firefighter Choeurlyne Doirin-Holder injured herself Monday while conducting a routine check of equipment at Queens' Engine 308 in South Richmond Hill. Getting off the truck, Doirin-Holder missed a step and landed on her left foot, suffering a fracture, sources said.

It was her second shift after a transfer from Engine 301. In training for a hazmat assignment, officers found her struggling to perform the required tasks.

Firefighters called the tripping incident embarrassing -- and alarming.

"If you're going to get hurt in the firehouse checking a rig, what would happen at a fire?" an insider asked.

Check out her training history:

But Doirin-Holder's competence was questioned by sources familiar with her training. They said academy instructors let her pass the Functional Skills Test, a rigorous obstacle course of job-related tasks, even though she had failed to complete it in the required 17 minutes and 50 seconds or under.

In addition, when she failed to finish a 1.5-mile run in 12 minutes or less -- even after the course was shortened -- she was allowed to demonstrate aerobic capacity on a StairMaster machine under watered-down requirements enacted by FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro.

Doirin-Holder, who turns 40 this month, is one of 282 "priority hires" passed over in 1999 and 2000. Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis ordered they must get preference as victims of past discrimination against minorities.

It was Doirin-Holder's third attempt to pass the academy. She failed midway through an academy class in 2013 and returned to her former job as an EMT. Two other female priority hires in that class did well.

I don't care if you're black, white, spotted, male, or female. What I care about is whether you can pass the required tests and work as a teammate with your fellow firefighters.

But even if you are a team player and the nicest person in the world, if you aren't strong enough and fit enough to have their back, you endanger your fellow firefighters -- and any person you're supposed to be rescuing in a fire.