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San Jose fire department outlines recruitment efforts, bilingual services and paramedic pipeline challenges
Summary
Fire leaders reported sworn vacancies averaged about 8% in FY 2425, a recruitment budget of roughly $642,000 (including $122,000 for overtime panelists), expanded outreach programs (women's boot camp, explorer post) and bilingual service metrics showing Spanish and Vietnamese as top languages.
Fire Chief Robert Sapien and Deputy Administrative Services Director Athena Treaty presented the department’s annual staffing and recruitment report, saying sworn vacancies averaged about 8.01% in FY 2425 and that the department targeted running two recruit academies per year with 25 to 30 students each to match attrition.
They said the department was authorized 720…
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