Recruiting Diverse First Responders

There are many factors that make the difference in recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. As your department develops its recruitment program, it's important to also take steps to facilitate diversity within the department. For example, will the department provide conflict resolution? Will it implement a sexual harassment policy? Are there adequate facilities for women?

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Anyone eligible for membership in the Association shall not be refused membership or, upon acceptance, be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or by reason of disability. Local unions are urged to propose amendments to their own constitutions and/or by-laws to reflect these same prohibitions against discrimination.

-IAFF Constitution and By-Laws, Article III, Section 1