LAFD hiring controversy

The first new Los Angeles Fire Department recruit class in five years is nearly all male and mostly white despite repeated promises by the agency to diversify its ranks, according to figures released Monday evening by Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office.

L.A. Fire Department hopefuls who submitted key paperwork more than one minute after the filing period opened were eliminated from consideration.

Of the 70 recruits now in training, 13 are sons of firefighters and three are nephews, according to LAFD records. A probe is launched.

The two, who oversaw hiring and training, have sons who advanced in the recruiting process. No wrongdoing is suspected, LAFD says.

Mayor Eric Garcetti calls process ‘fatally flawed’ and acts amid concerns over nepotism and mismanagement.

Some applicants who advanced to the final stages of the yearlong vetting say Mayor Garcetti’s decision to scrap the process is unfair to them.

The only woman selected for a controversial class of Los Angeles Fire Department recruits has resigned in the latest setback to a decades-long effort to increase the number of women in the department’s ranks.

The Los Angeles Fire Commission adopted new rules Tuesday to prevent conflicts of interest and reform a firefighter hiring process that a city report called “tainted” by concerns of nepotism.

With overhauled procedures, Los Angeles is once again moving to hire new firefighters after the process was suspended earlier this year amid concerns about nepotism and mismanagement.

Members of the Los Angeles Civil Service Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve an overhaul of the rules for hiring city firefighters, restarting a recruitment effort halted in March amid concerns about nepotism and mismanagement.

More than 10,000 applicants are seeking to join the ranks of the Los Angeles Fire Department, according to data released Monday, as the city rushes to reboot a hiring process halted earlier this year amid concerns of nepotism and mismanagement.

The Los Angeles Fire Department needs new rules to prevent conflicts of interest and reform a firefighter hiring process “tainted” by concerns of nepotism, according to a new study by the department’s top watchdog.

The Los Angeles Fire Department has opened an investigation into allegations of misconduct at a city fire station made by the recently hired son of a high-ranking fire official, according to documents and interviews.