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Department of Labor study spotlights SFFD recruitment and diversity efforts

San Francisco Fire Commission · January 25, 2017
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The San Francisco Fire Department was the only fire department featured in a Department of Labor study on promising practices to increase diversity; staff highlighted school outreach, apprenticeship partnerships, employee groups and bilingual pay as key practices that helped reach about 51% minority representation and roughly 15'16% female workforce.

The San Francisco Fire Department was featured as a national example in a Department of Labor study on promising practices for increasing diversity among first responders, department human-resources staff told the Fire Commission Wednesday.

Jesus Sabushon, representing the department's human-resources team, described the study and the SFFD's contributions. The consultants visited in April 2016, met with command staff,…

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