There was a since deleted comment asking about her ability to serve as Fire Commissioner given her lack of firefighting experience.
This has come up quite a bit in light of this story and I think some of this rhetoric is because she is a woman with leadership and governmental experience who is now in charge of a department that, at least on the fire suppression side, is predominantly male. This wasn't a broad based concern when either Howard Safir or Nicholas Scopetta served as Fire Commissioners (neither of them was a firefighter either).
Also, she didn't just come in off of the street and become the commissioner, she's been working for the department for almost 9 years in management roles.
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There was a since deleted comment asking about her ability to serve as Fire Commissioner given her lack of firefighting experience.
This has come up quite a bit in light of this story and I think some of this rhetoric is because she is a woman with leadership and governmental experience who is now in charge of a department that, at least on the fire suppression side, is predominantly male. This wasn't a broad based concern when either Howard Safir or Nicholas Scopetta served as Fire Commissioners (neither of them was a firefighter either).
Also, she didn't just come in off of the street and become the commissioner, she's been working for the department for almost 9 years in management roles.