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Programs: Why i chose fire next generation video - with a grant from motorola solutions foundation, fire 20/20 developed two, seven-minute targeted recruitment videos; one for volunteers and one for career departments called why i chose fire: next generation. In order to reach out to the next generation, the videos specifically target 15-25 year old women and people of color. The closing music was donated by grammy winners cee lo green and bruno mars.

recruiting and retaining diversity - fire 20/20 delivered five recruiting and retaining diversity workshops in anaheim (ca), montgomery county (md), new haven (ct), richmond (va), toronto, canada. Fire 20/20 extended the recruiting and retaining diversity program to include follow-up webinars with departments that went through the workshop. Fall 2012, fire 20/20 launched a monthly topic webinar. Each month fire 20/20 facilitates a panel of people to discuss a different issues in the fire service regarding inclusion and diversity.

fighters on fire: fire 20/20 has been developing and implementing two major education programs and one research program to accomplish its mission: nine regional workshop training 81 fire departments and one fire academy team how to be more effective recruiting and retaining diversity; recruiting & retaining diversity online training; partnering for prevention workshop and the partnering for prevention national research study. All of these programs directly support fire 20/20's mission to connect fire and ems departments to their multicultural communities to increase the reach and effectiveness of diversity recruitment and retention, emergency resonse and prevention.

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