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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-9 Reporting requirements.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-9" heading="Reporting requirements.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">On or before January 31 of each year, the Baltimore City Fire Chief shall report the following information, disaggregated by race and gender (excluding names), from the previous calendar year regarding the Baltimore City Fire Department to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore:<para num="(1)">the number of uniformed personnel working in fire suppression and the emergency medical services division;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the number of supervisors by rank assigned to fire suppression and the emergency medical services division;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the number of uniformed personnel assigned to fire suppression and the emergency medical services division who were promoted to a supervisory rank in the previous calendar year;</para>
      <para num="(4)">the number of high school students who were in the Department’s high school program;</para>
      <para num="(5)">the number of high schools students who received EMT certification from the Department’s high school program;</para>
      <para num="(6)">the number of high school students who were hired by the Department after completion of the Department’s high school program and graduation from the Department’s Training Academy;</para>
      <para num="(7)">excluding those counted in paragraph (6), the number of individuals who graduated from the Department’s Training Academy and were hired by the Department; and</para>
      <para num="(8)">the number of uniformed personnel who participated in the fire suppression or emergency medical services divisions’ promotional process for a supervisory position in the previous calendar year.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Other reporting requirements.">On or before January 31 of each year, the Baltimore City Fire Department shall also report the following information from the previous calendar year to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore:<para num="(1)">the number of uniformed personnel who are residents of Baltimore City;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the number of uniformed personnel who were suspended with pay;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the number of uniformed personnel who were suspended without pay;</para>
      <para num="(4)">the number of discipline charges filed against uniformed personnel, as well as the number of charges that were sustained and the number of charges that were dismissed;</para>
      <para num="(5)">the number of recruiting events in Baltimore City that the Department sponsored or participated in;</para>
      <para num="(6)">the number of citizens who have added their names to the citizen contact recruitment list; and</para>
      <para num="(7)">the number of community-based town hall meetings attended by the Department.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Public availability.">The reports required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be made available to the public on the Department’s website.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Required public hearings.">
      <para num="(1)">The Baltimore City Fire Department shall notify the Baltimore City Council that the Fire Department has began the pre-employment screening process for entry-level fire suppression positions or has moved into a new phase of the pre-employment screening process for those positions.</para>
      <para num="(2)">On receipt of notice that the Baltimore City Fire Department has began the pre-employment screening process for entry-level fire suppression positions or has moved into a new phase of the pre-employment screening process for those positions, an appropriate committee of the Baltimore City Council shall promptly hold a public hearing during which the Fire Chief or the Fire Chief’s designee must present information regarding:<para num="(i)">the overall pre-employment screening process;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the recruitment strategy for entry-level fire suppression applicants;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the race, gender, and City residency data of the applicants at the current phase of the pre-employment screening process; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">any steps taken to improve equity in the pre-employment screening process and to reduce barriers to entry.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">Each year, during the third week of July, an appropriate committee of the Baltimore City Council shall hold a public hearing during which the Fire Chief or the Fire Chief’s designee must present information regarding:<para num="(i)">the overall pre-employment screening process for entry-level emergency medical services positions;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the recruitment strategy for entry-level emergency medical services positions;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the race, gender, and City residency data of the emergency medical services applicants; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">any steps taken to improve equity in the pre-employment screening process and to reduce barriers to entry for entry-level emergency medical services positions.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.  21-006</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">
            Ordinance 21-006 enacted this section, effective March 10, 2021. Section 2 of that Ordinance provides
            [T]he first reports under [§ 1-9] shall be due within 90 calendar days after the effective date of this Ordinance, and shall include information from each of the previous 5 calendar years; thereafter, each report need only include information from the previous calendar year.
          </annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
