Unveiled last month at the LGA's Fire Conference inGateshead, the LGA's Fire Vision 2024 calls for 30 per cent of new recruits to be women by the middle of the next decade. Currently, only five per cent of firefighters are women.A more diverse workforce is seen as essential if the Fire and Rescue Service is to succeed in broadening its role and its partnerships to become a response, prevention, andprotection service for the 21st century, as the vision foresees.Cllr Ian Stephens, Chair of the Local Government Association's Fire Services Management Committee, said: "It's essentialour fire and rescue services represent the communities we serve. Fire and rescue authorities are keen to recruit an increasingly diverse workforce after several years during whichrecruitment has been on hold."
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机译：上个月在 r n盖茨黑德（Gatehead）举行的LGA消防会议上揭晓了LGA的《 2024年消防远景》，要求到下个十年中期，将有30％的新兵为女性。目前，只有5％的消防员是女性。 r n如果消防和救援局要成功扩大其作用及其伙伴关系，从而成为对策，预防和保护措施，那么多元化的劳动力就显得至关重要。 r nCllr Ian Stephens，当地政府协会消防管理委员会主席说：“这是必不可少的 r n消防和救援服务代表了我们所服务的社区。救援已经停滞了数年，而救援当局也渴望招聘越来越多样化的员工。”
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