I guess 'hose jockey' is out as well?

Haven't they been called fire fighter for like forever? Just another attempt at faux outrage and clickbait.

Exactly. I worked as a firefighter in the 1980s and that's what we called ourselves.

>CFO Russel told The Bolton News: “As Chief Fire Officer I have set out a clear and positive mission to tackle negative behaviours and attitudes within Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, and to foster an inclusive environment that welcomes and respects all colleagues.

Some shit stirrer: "Is this 'wokeism' gone mad"

This desperate attempt to change English won't work.. they are fireman/firemen, prob a few firewomen in there as well, will always call them that.

But its connotation is sexist, exclusive, and represents a type of microaggression that harms our culture, the email said.

Reading that almost made me sick.

Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade

Didn't know a bloke calling himself a fireman was a negative attitude, thank goodness this mental colossus is here to put us right. Wouldn't want to be rescued by someone not fully with it.

I think it’s because the term fireman “will not be tolerated” in spite of firemen existing. A male fire fighter can no longer refer to himself as a fireman. The chief said the term still sneaks into todays nomenclature and they won’t allow it.

My dumbass interpreted this as banning fire fighters from being called upon in the event of a fire

People upset by this have never seen Hot Fuzz.

If you have a woman firefighter and Thad decides to use it as a lever to be a limp hanging genital than it can me.

There really aren’t more pressing matters than controlling how people describe themselves?

> If you have a woman firefighter and Thad decides to use it as a lever to be a limp hanging genital than it can me.

Can someone translate this comment please