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14 <br /> 1 Slide #24 <br /> Recruitment <br /> • Recruitment:High School Programs <br /> (Orange and Durham County)are helping <br /> some with offering classes and training in <br /> the field of Firefighting,EMS, Law <br /> Enforcement,and 911 Communications. <br /> • NCGS 1438-943 Section 3 of Session <br /> Law 2022-8 <br /> 2 2.4 <br /> 3 Chief Keith Hayes reviewed the information on the slide above. He said the cited law is hurting <br /> 4 when it comes to volunteers. He said this law will make a new volunteer wait. <br /> 5 Chief Nasseri said the state passed a law that all volunteers must do a full fingerprint <br /> 6 background through the SBI and it is time consuming and there's a delay. He said that they get <br /> 7 their finger prints and then it could be 8-10 weeks to get the information back. He said he does <br /> 8 not know the advantages because they are already doing background checks. <br /> 9 Chief Jeff Cabe said SBI has to do the finger print card and it costs $38 per person. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Slide #25 <br /> Diversity <br /> • Increasing Diversity:We have seen an <br /> increase across the board in paid and <br /> volunteer diversity, but as fast as we get <br /> people trained,they leave for better pay. <br /> Which goes back to main issue with <br /> retention. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Slide #26 <br /> Diversity In Departments <br /> 15 <br />