Pornographic videos, helmets filled with urine and stories of racist bullying are among the accounts of the culture within the London Fire Brigade.
Female firefighters have spoke of facing horrific bullying and misogyny at work, which is dismissed by managers as ‘banter’
Some male firefighters who visited women’s homes for safety visits were also accused of going through drawers looking for underwear and sex toys, a female firefighter told the report. Black, Asian and minority ethnic firefighters spoke of being subjected to a constant torrent of racist abuse which left officers suffering from PTSD and even feeling suicidal.
‘When he experienced a fatality, a Muslim Pakistani woman, in a fire and his colleagues made jokes about the body, this was the final straw,’ the report read. These incidents and countless more lead Nazir Afzal, the former chief prosecutor who conducted the review, to label the brigade as ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Afzal said he had received numerous requests from other fire brigades to examine their workplace culture following the release of the report. Also appearing on Radio 4, Andy Roe said he was ‘horrified’ to read the damning report into his brigade, adding: ‘I think that there will be many of my staff, decent dedicated public servants, that will be equally horrified. Yeah, heartbroken really.’
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