Methodology of Encouraging Diversity in the Fire Service.

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Vincent Stevenson

Methodology of Encouraging Diversity in the Fire Service

Diversity is something which is interpreted by different people in different ways. Therefore, depending on who is talking about diversity, it is hard to achieve it. Some people view each individual as being diverse, so no matter who is in the workforce, it will be diverse. Others view diversity as being a mix of age, sex, race, colour, creed, religion, etc. People who view this as being diversity are much harder to please. They want the fire service to reflect the community of England… something that is very hard to achieve. The fire service struggles immensely to do this, as to women and ethnic minorities, it is not an appealing job.        

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 The fire service has different methods of trying to recruit a diverse workforce. To start with, they employ an ‘outreach worker’. This is an individual who is employed to ‘outreach’ to the community. They promote the fire service in minority communities and try to show them what the fire service has to offer. They try to persuade the minorities that the police force has something to offer them and that they should be applying.

Another method that the fire service has is an open door policy. You can knock on a fire station any time and there will ...

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