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Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue will no longer use Fireman Sam to promote the service after local residents complained that he was not “inclusive” enough.
An email seen by The Lincolnite revealed how Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue received negative feedback on their station open day posters and advertising material.
The email from an authority figure in the fire service stated: “A decision has been made not to include images of Fireman Sam on posters or advertising going forward, as it does not reflect the inclusive nature of Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue.
“Please can you ensure when you are designing posters that Fireman Sam is not used and more inclusive images are utilised.
“This also includes no longer using the Fireman Sam costumes on stations and using the Freddy and Filbert costumes instead.”
Lincolnshire’s chief fire officer, Les Britzman, said: “Firefighters nationally and residents locally have raised some concerns that ‘Fireman Sam’ doesn’t reflect the fire service today, in terms of both the job itself and our workforce.
“It’s important to us that our open days and community events don’t make anyone feel excluded and therefore we took this decision.
“We always make sure that we include plenty of activities and other ways to engage children and adults, to help them learn more about fire safety and a firefighter’s role.”
As a result of the pressure, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue will use its own characters, fire extinguishers Freddy and Filbert, going forward in any promotional material.
The 32-year-old Fireman Sam children’s show, set in the fictional Welsh town of Pontypandy, has come under fire after people called for producers to use the term ‘firefighter’ instead of ‘fireman.’
Critics believe that by not using the gender-neutral term, the show is putting young girls off considering a career in the fire service.
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https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2019/09/lincolnshire-fire-rescue-drops-fireman-sam-over-inclusivity-complaint/
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Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue will no longer use Fireman Sam to promote the service after local residents complained that he was not “inclusive” enough.
An email seen by The Lincolnite revealed how Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue received negative feedback on their station open day posters and advertising material.
The email from an authority figure in the fire service stated: “A decision has been made not to include images of Fireman Sam on posters or advertising going forward, as it does not reflect the inclusive nature of Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue.
“Please can you ensure when you are designing posters that Fireman Sam is not used and more inclusive images are utilised.
“This also includes no longer using the Fireman Sam costumes on stations and using the Freddy and Filbert costumes instead.”
Lincolnshire’s chief fire officer, Les Britzman, said: “Firefighters nationally and residents locally have raised some concerns that ‘Fireman Sam’ doesn’t reflect the fire service today, in terms of both the job itself and our workforce.
“It’s important to us that our open days and community events don’t make anyone feel excluded and therefore we took this decision.
“We always make sure that we include plenty of activities and other ways to engage children and adults, to help them learn more about fire safety and a firefighter’s role.”
As a result of the pressure, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue will use its own characters, fire extinguishers Freddy and Filbert, going forward in any promotional material.
The 32-year-old Fireman Sam children’s show, set in the fictional Welsh town of Pontypandy, has come under fire after people called for producers to use the term ‘firefighter’ instead of ‘fireman.’
Critics believe that by not using the gender-neutral term, the show is putting young girls off considering a career in the fire service.
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God knows how the liberals anx the freaks get so much power?
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Blair and new labour dunnit
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Is it because his surname is Boe?
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discussion on this morning, piers trying to be sensible and common sense , but what chance does society have when you got sussanah reid and that numpty charlotte hawkins on the side of the pc s
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Caught working as a part time stripper has debased the uniform.
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Postman tw@t reported him because he was looking at his wife in the bath when he was doing the window cleaning run.
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It won't be long until it's fireman mohammid and
Imran the builder and Abdulla the bush kangaroo |
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Sadique the tank engine
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Fatima and the three bears
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Fatima and the three bears
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Japee Patel is the new 007
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BREAKING NEWS , he will be returning , Sam is now FRIREMAN SAMANTHA will be sporting a wig , and raising trans issues in an upcoming new exciting series .
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Shall we all flee to the countryside then, are there enough houses for us?
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Got Saddo still blocked...
As for Fireman Sam.....why not change to : Firefighters Sam and Sarah ? |
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Oh dear; bagpuss/kitten has just made a fatal error. Now I know why he said what he did on his filthy utoob topic
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thought i was blocked?
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You used to post on youtube pretending to be a racist rasta
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^^
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that topic was started by crags & bagpuss; i am 1 million% certain of that |
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The leperd the only ones left here are those who can't afford to move ,the weaak and infirm .and those who are old and frail.and gamblers whose lost all their money
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The leperd the only ones left here are those who can't afford to move ,the weaak and infirm .and those who are old and frail.and gamblers whose lost all their money
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The leperd the only ones left here are those who can't afford to move ,the weaak and infirm .and those who are old and frail.and gamblers whose lost all their money
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so i'm scared & now panicking, kitten
You deffo need a rest; ask crags if he has a spare deckchair |
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Areas that were once an English majority area and all on the same wavelenth are now 90% Muslim.if this multicuturism is working why are all the white people leaving these areas where they once lived hapeelee
If those in power can't see that the numbers are out of control and that this country IN JUST A FEW YEARS TIME WILL BE AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY THEN THEY WANT TO GO TO NIGHTSCHOOOL AND LEARN WHAT I MUSLIM MAN AND ONE MUSLIM WOMAN MAKE ITS NOT2 ITS MORE LIKE SEVEN THIS IS NOT RACIST ITS A FACT THAT THIS COUNTRY . ALONG WITH MOST OF EUROPE WILL BECOME AN ISLAMIC CONTINENT |
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Why do people stand for this pc rubbish? someone invents a new term/label calls it racism then applies this label to anyone who does not conform to their way of thinking, and some people just go along with it,why?
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I'm sure that sabu and his elephant is not shown on t v because the BBC are scared of being called racist
I should not be scared of singing old man river when I walk through moss side .my human rights will Be abused if someone thumps me in the mouth |
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Do Wah...try and fit in.....wear long flowing robes (Kaftan ?).....with a Fez
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I remember when I was asked to be a contestant on university challenge with my college kings colledge Oxford and was not allowed to take my gollywog lucky mascot with me
I refused to go on I stood up for my principles and I got ejected that's the reason they lost I even had to go on detention for a whole week when I went back to university .I again stood up for my principles and said I'm doing no detention They then ejected me from university . That's when I hit the beer and my gambling got out of control when I realised I wouldn't be educated enough to drive an ice cream van on my own |
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Men really need to stop listening to women so much, they really do..
Unless they fancy being the ones having the babies???? |
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I think Islam may well win the end Doo Wah Diddy, and I can see why
they will be the only ones left who know the difference between men and women |
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You should have kept up with the University Doo Wah, I am really sad you did not, I really am
 Any sort of degree helps in life |
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Call me a bigot but if I'm in need of a rescue from a burning building I'd rather it wasn't 5ft 3 Samantha (even if she does have big hands..)
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Can't wait to see the new face of Uncle Ben's rice
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Or Aunt Bessie's
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UBLE/REGY 11 Sep 19 14:47
You should have kept up with the University Doo Wah, I am really sad you did not, I really am I have reservations about whether he actually attended kings colledge Oxford tbh. |
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You just can't have a sack these days.
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Lincolnshire’s chief fire officer, Les Britzman .....................
A nice 'gender neutral' forename . Les , short for Leslie/Lesley can be either male or female . 'Les' is also a shortened term for Lesbian , which ties in nicely with those who identify as LGBT so that's another box ticked . However the surname 'Britzman' raises a couple of concerns . Firstly the term 'Brit' has nationalistic connotations , something that surely cannot be condoned in multi-cultural Lincolnshire . Secondly any surname that ends with the word 'man' is clearly offensive (sexist) and a reminder of male domination , something that is now outlawed in Lincolnshire . |
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Next weeks agenda for the Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue Service includes a proposal to dispense with the traditional fire alarm in public buildings , which is deemed to be far too aggressive in nature and may cause distress to those of a weaker disposition . Suggestions for alternative fire alarms include 'Whale Song' , 'Rainfall' (various surfaces) and 'Ocean Wave on Shingle Beach' .
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Quite sure some people post feedback on such issues out of mischief or wind ups to see which organisation is going to be daft enough to get hysterical about diversity of cultural cohesion,etc. This cant be serious,surely.
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