They should follow the example of the UK army
and possibly others, who knows. In the Royal Artillery, women are allowed to work with the biggest guns, as long as they are physically capable of working with the weights involved. I'd imagine that maybe a smaller proportion of women meet this criteria than men, but who cares? No exceptions are made for people so the men and so no one's work is seen as second to someone elses

Same should go for your ambulance crews etc, a team, between them should be able to perform any task that could reasonably be expected of them without assistance and the gender of the people should be irrelevant.
( greedyostrich Cheese is evil! Cheddar is VOODOO!, Wed 30 Dec 2009, 14:46, 2 replies)

Fire Service
The fire service allows female fire fighters but they have to pass the same physical tests as the men on recruitment, for obvious reasons.
(FF_Sam is currently on call...., Mon 4 Jan 2010, 13:26, closed)

Paramedics have to, at minimum, be able to carry a 75kg person about without difficulty, and that applies for both genders. So, anyone who hasn't prepared for the heavier of people, regardless of gender, will struggle.
(Anachronist misplaced in time since, Wed 6 Jan 2010, 16:41, closed)