According to CCOO, maintaining identical or insufficiently differentiated evaluation criteria without clear technical justification, directly linked to the operational demands of a firefighter's role, violates current legislation on equality. This situation, they assert, hinders women's access to the Executive or Operational Scale, specifically in the Specialist Driver Firefighter category.
The regulatory bases do not proportionally consider biological and physical realities, preventing women from accessing emergency service positions under equal conditions.
The union pointed out that the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment of the Community of Madrid has disregarded previous recommendations and jurisprudence advocating for the adaptation of these standards. CCOO demands real equality and compliance with the law, highlighting the paradox that, in the physical control tests for personnel already integrated into the Community of Madrid Fire Department in 2026, differentiated minimums are indeed established for men and women.
CCOO's claim is based on the argument that the current physical tests act as an exclusionary barrier, disproportionately penalizing women and violating the fundamental principle of equality.
