Methodology of Encouraging Diversity in the Fire Service.
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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. 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...


