Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas on LAFD's campaign to recruit more women

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Jan 29, 2016

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Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas on LAFD's campaign to recruit more women

For decades, the Los Angeles Fire Department's efforts to hire more women have come up short. A new recruiting campaign aims to turn that around.

The Los Angeles Fire Department's recruitment efforts include a #JoinLAFD social media campaign.

For decades, the Los Angeles Fire Department's efforts to hire more women have come up short. A new recruiting campaign aims to turn that around.

For decades, the Los Angeles Fire Department's efforts to include more female firefighters in its ranks have come up short.

Despite an overhaul of the department's hiring process in 2014, the percentage of women in the department is still just under 3%.

Now LAFD has launched a new recruiting campaign to find more female and minority candidates, with four upcoming career expos. The first is this weekend in Panorama City.

Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas joined Take Two to discuss LAFD's new approach to recruiting more female firefighters.

To hear the full interview with Chief Terrazas, click the player above.