Case Study VI
FIR 4301, Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection
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aspects of the program requiring voluntary or mandatory participation and, if applicable, disciplinary or non
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disciplinary
actions resulting from refusal to participate.
Your response
should be at least 300 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material
for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must
have accompanying citations.
C
ase Study 2: 50 points
Review Case Study 14
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3: Physical Ability Testing, Adverse Impact on Female Firefighters, found on page 187 in the
textbook.
Victoria Pietras v. Board of Fire Commissioners of the Farmingdale Fire District
, 180 F.3d 468 (2
nd
Cir. 199
9).
The full decision is available at
http://openjurist.org/180/f3d/468/pietras
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This case addressed the disparate impact of a physical agility test on female firefighters.
Describe the physical agility testing done by your fire department or a department in your state. Address whether the
testing is work related and re
flects a “real world” scenario. Also, discuss whether you believe the testing has a disparate
impact based upon sex or age.
Your response should be at least 300 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material
for your r
esponse. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must
have accompanying citations.
Please submit your Case Study 1 and 2 responses as one Word document