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Diversity is a Problem in the Springfield, Illinois Fire Dept.

Personnel cuts and a virtual hiring freeze ensure the Springfield Fire Department's longtime lack of diversity won't improve anytime soon. It's a problem described as "pretty commonplace" statewide by the head of the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association.  Less than one percent of Springfield’s firefighters are black, which is even lower than the city’s police department, where only 12 of 260 officers are black. Click here to read more.
 
 



INSIGHT Into Diversity