Advocates push to make Boston Fire Department more diverse
Only 19 of the departmentâs 1,474 firefighters are women; nearly three-quarters are white
By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated January 25, 2021, 3:09 p.m.
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Boston firefighters responded to the scene of a seven-alarm fire on Columbia Road last year.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Advocates, lawmakers, and a local group of firefighters of color pushed several measures on Monday to help diversify the Boston Fire Department, which has come under
fire in recent years for being dominated by white men.
The aim of the advocacy is to make sure a new cadet program realizes its goal of diversifying the department. During a news conference conducted via Zoom and hosted by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, local leaders called for the cadet program to work with