Firefighters were symbolically climbing Jacob’s ladder Tuesday with every step going higher and higher, while finding out what it means to have R-E-S-P-E-C-T for themselves and thy neighbor.
The Racial Intelligence Training & Engagement Academy conducted a training session for Worcester Fire Department personnel Tuesday in the department’s training academy at the Grove Street headquarters and, according to Deputy Chief Martin Dyer, the program was a resounding and reaffirming success.
This week’s training was part of City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr.’s recommended strategies and reforms dealing with racial inequities, which he presented to City Councilors last month.
“The city manager is really trying to make sure that the city team is racially understanding, that we have racial equity, that we’re an inclusive environment,” Dyer said.