Jay's Chicago
Black Fire Brigade
Clip: Season 2022 Episode 4 | 4m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
The Black Fire Brigade mentors and trains Black firefighters, paramedics and EMT's.
The Chicago Fire Department has long been overwhelmingly white. But that is changing, in part because of discrimination lawsuits and more recently with the help of the Black Fire Brigade. The Black Fire Brigade mentors and trains Black firefighters, paramedics and EMT's. Be careful though: the training scenarios they use are very realistic
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Jay's Chicago
Black Fire Brigade
Clip: Season 2022 Episode 4 | 4m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
The Chicago Fire Department has long been overwhelmingly white. But that is changing, in part because of discrimination lawsuits and more recently with the help of the Black Fire Brigade. The Black Fire Brigade mentors and trains Black firefighters, paramedics and EMT's. Be careful though: the training scenarios they use are very realistic
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