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Training program attempts to diversify firefighter workforce

Fire departments have tried to diversify their ranks for years with only modest success. The profession remains overwhelmingly white and male. One California training program is trying to change that.

KQED’s Farida Jhabvala Romero reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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