Wow, I read the article and while there's merit in the argument that a more diverse and inclusive FD is worthwhile, the reasons themselves undermine the argument.
So we should have more women because 64% of calls to firefighters are actually medical emergencies? Well, how about raising awareness towards misguided calls to firefighters instead of EMS?!
More ethnical diversity? Yeah. But not as a result of affirmative acction. It's been proven that affirmative action only creates resentment and suspicion of the beneficiaries.
Now:
Did the research show how many candidates are M vs F (or Black v White)? No.
Did the research show what is the overall pass/fail ratio on the aptitude tests? No.
Did the research show what is the pass/fail ratio between men and women? No.
I think that until these things are looked into, you can interview as many people as you like, but you'll never address the real issue.

not to mention that you can have both wine and water during a meal.

Telemachus: even autobots have birthdays.

Agreed, except on the rats being plague carriers. A recent study has shown it was mostly fleas and lice that spread the plague, so a basic lack of hygiene was to blame.

It took RDJ 20 years to turn around. Kim took a second.

I see Death wearing a Donkey (Shrek) hat and giving someone the finger

He'll erect a statue of himself, in remembrance of all the good he did to America *cough*