Recommendations for Improving the Recruiting and Hiring of Los Angeles Firefighters

• Main Author: Hardison, Chaitra M. (auth)
• Other Authors: Lim, Nelson (auth), Keller, Kirsten M. (auth), Marquis, Jefferson P. (auth), Payne, Leslie Adrienne (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2015
• Subjects: Advice on careers & achieving success; Social discrimination & inequality; Social impact of disasters; Business; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Reviews the Los Angeles Fire Department's hiring practices as of June 2014 and outlines a recommended new firefighter hiring process that is intended to increase efficiency of the hiring process, bolster the evidence supporting the validity of it, and make it more transparent and inclusive.