For the first time in the history of the FDNY, people of color were the majority of those who took the Firefighter exam, according to the final tally released by the department last week. There was also a 115-percent spike in the number of women who took the test in September and October.
A record 46,305 people took the exam, with 26,018 of them being people of color. The number of female test-takers jumped from 1,948 for the 2012 exam to 4,181.
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