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Cultural change rarely starts with policy. It starts when people talk, often quietly at first, about what is not working. In fire services and other male dominated workplaces, discussion is sometimes dismissed as a distraction from the real work. Talking is framed as soft, uncomfortable, or unnecessary. But cultures do not shift without it. Every…
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Culture change in fire services is often framed around policy, structure, and leadership. But culture is also shaped by whose experiences are heard, whose knowledge is trusted, and whose stories are believed. In male-dominated environments such as firefighting, lived experience has long been treated as secondary to formal expertise. Operational data is prioritized. Personal experience…
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Fire services are built on tradition. Rank, hierarchy, physical capability, and long-established ways of working have shaped the service for generations. These traditions have fostered cohesion, pride, and operational reliability. They have also, often unintentionally (sometimes intentionally), created barriers to equity, inclusion, and change. Over time, many fire services have acknowledged this tension and attempted…