Recommendations for improving the recruiting and hiring of Los Angeles Firefighters / Chaitra M. Hardison, Nelson Lim, Kirsten M. Keller, Jefferson P. Marquis, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Robert Bozick, Louis T. Mariano, Jacqueline A. Mauro, Lisa Miyashiro, Gillian Oak, Lisa Saum-Manning

Author: Hardison, Chaitra M.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2015.
Physical Description: xxiii, 124 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators: Lim, Nelson, Keller, Kirsten M., Marquis, Jefferson P., Payne, Leslie Adrienne, Bozick, Robert, Mariano, Louis T., Mauro, Jacqueline A., Miyashiro, Lisa, Oak, Gillian S., Saum-Manning, Lisa, RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment (Organization). Safety and Justice Program, Rand Corporation, and Los Angeles (Calif.). Fire Department

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Contents

Introduction -- Firefighter Recruitment and Outreach Strategies -- The 2013 Firefighter Selection Process -- Statistical Analysis of the Selection Process -- Recommendations -- Appendix A: Key Considerations in Evaluating the Selection Process -- Appendix B: Defining Critical Firefighter Tasks, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics -- Appendix C: Outsourcing the Written Test for Entry-Level Firefighters -- Appendix D: The Impact of Chance Variability in Simple Random Sampling -- Appendix E: Mathematics and Examples of Key Considerations for Stratified Sampling.

Summary

In 2014, the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office sought assistance from the RAND Corporation to find ways to improve the process the city uses to hire firefighters into the Los Angeles Fire Department. RAND conducted a three-month review of Los Angeles’s firefighter hiring policies and practices, paying particular attention to their effectiveness and fairness. This report presents the results of that three-month effort. It reviews the city’s hiring practices used in the 2013 hiring cycle and in place at the time of the study 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.

Report Numbers

RAND/RR-687-LAFD

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ISBN

9780833088390
0833088394

Note

"The research reported here was conducted in the RAND Safety and Justice Program…. This program is part of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment--Preface"

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-124).

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