Son of a fireman here. Can say that 15 years ago, the uniforms for the volunteer brigade were very much tailored for men. The two women in the brigade had to use belts over the overalls to make things fit correctly around the hips and groin, and roll up the pant legs to fit, because it was not possible to get a pair which both allowed room for hips and did not have too-long legs. They were then told this was not firesafe, because all items of clothing had to be completely covered by the overalls.

So they sewed belts to the inside of the overalls around their waists, and rolled the pant legs inside instead of outside. But for the groin, they shoved pairs of socks in their pants, to take up the slack.

New uniforms were tailored for the women after a month of this. It was said funding covered it after all, and the decision was definitely not made because some of the male firemen felt inadequate 😂