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FROM: . Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Ck ltra
Harry Cisterman, Personnel Director CJIJJICI
DATE.: April 20, 1988 W
SUBJECT: Firefighter Examination Report w
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Acknowledge receipt of the report of the County Administrator and
Director of Personnel on the results of the recently completed
examination for firefighter.
BACKGROUND:
We are pleased to report to the Board the success to date of the
Firefighter recruiting, testing and hiring program. The
Personnel Department, working closely with the Fire Districts,
Local 1230 of the International Association of Firefighters, and
Black Firefighters Association, recruited a ' high number of
qualified women and minority candidates to participate in the
examination process. The same staff and volunteers then
conducted almost continuous workshops and training sessions
during the entire examination. The .end result was an all time
high percentage of women and minorities being placed on the
employment list.
Utilization of the Band method of certification, recently
approved by the Board, worked extremely well as can be seen by
the hiring summary of Band A candidates shown below:
Band A Eligibles Hired from Band A
White/Unknown 61 16
Black 8 4
Hispanic 9 4
Asian/Other 6 2
TOTAL 84 26
In . addition to strong ethnic representation, five of the
twenty-six newly hired Firefighters are females and one of the
two Firefighter-Paramedics hired is also a female. As a result
of this one examination, Contra Costa County has increased the
number of females in the fire service from one to seven. The
Fire Districts report that they are pleased that, the changes made
in the testing process have resulted in such good candidates for
the fire service.
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CC: County.' Adml nl strator ATTESTED _ April 26, 1988
Personnel Director - ----- --
Chiefs.: Consolidated,. West. County, PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Riverview, Mora'ga, Ori nda Fire Di sts. SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Emma Kuevor, Affirmative Action Officer .
BY ,DEPUTY
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