The independent review concluded that the organisation is 'institutionally misogynist and racist' with the cruelty frequently euphemised as 'banter'
The review also revealed women had their uniforms urinated on and men kept diaries of when they suspected women were on a period and telling them they"didn't want to be around women who were bleeding".
The review team were also informed that there have been 10 cases of staff being disciplined for sexual harassment over the last five years, with none of them being dismissed. "Then they will spend hours bragging about the dildo they found and they will refer to the women as sluts. One black firefighter said he had been subject to racist bullying on his watch, which culminated in someone putting a mock noose over his locker.
The report added that his colleagues asked how his Al Qaeda training had gone when he returned from the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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