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2. Recruitment,testing,and hiring. <br /> Active recruitment has continued by means of the South Bend Fire Department Recruitment <br /> Team.The team has hosted multiple Public Safety job fairs and continued to attend other <br /> recruitment events and opportunities, such as visiting schools, colleges, and vocational centers <br /> with a public safety focus.Additionally, the team has conducted outreach in diverse areas of our <br /> community with a focus on minority, female,and veteran recruitment. During the course of 2018, <br /> the Department hosted testing for applicants that will comprise the 2019-20 hiring list. The hiring <br /> list includes 23%minority applicants. During 2018,the Department swore on a total of 17 new <br /> firefighters. This group consisted of 5 (29%)minority,4 (24%) female, and 4 (24%)veteran <br /> recruits.The recruitment team has also worked with the third-party vendor which provides the <br /> department testing(written and interview)to rework the testing process to minimize the effects of <br /> disparate impact to any specific demographic group while not reducing standards for prospective <br /> applicants.With improving diversity within the Department one of the key goals of the <br /> Administration, outreach activities have produced positive inclusion numbers for hiring new <br /> firefighters since 2012. Since then,the Department has hired 57 new firefighters,with 14%being <br /> female, 18%being veterans, 9%being African American, and 7%being Latino. Each of these <br /> demographic categories show improvements over recruitment results from 1993-2011. <br /> wiTimmignini111. reP71 r <br /> 1 ."*".."111111111.1.11.1111117.1S <br /> T - II' <br /> • ����� rt ���C /'N AMY. <ffb ,.%Ply <br /> ..-..,..j.3, 4y: <br /> - era ! u ° IP ! ' <br /> tai ,� t ` -. <br /> e • • • I •• f ' <br /> • <br /> — ,i ill i ". i ''' <br /> 3. Recruit training and High School Fire Academy. <br /> The Fire Department continues to provide a regional recruit academy which has included recruits <br /> from the SBFD along with recruits from LaPorte and Michigan City. 2 recruit academies were <br /> completed in 2018.This gives the SBFD greater flexibility in providing recruit training and <br /> allows the department to be able to create a revenue stream to help offset the costs of recruit <br /> 1 training. In addition to the recruit academy, a partnership was developed with the South Bend <br />