TOLD
TOLD YOU
TOLD YOU ABOUT CIVILIAN A BE FIRE FIGHTERS IN HAMPTON
ROADS WHO SAY THEY'RE
UNDERSTAFFED AND BURNED. THEY
SAY IS CAUSING A SAFETY
ISSUE THE NAVY KNOWLEDGE PART
OF THE PROBLEM IS THE LENGTHY
HIRING PROCESS THAT AN
INVESTIGATION YOU'LL SEE ONLY
ON THIRTY NEWS NOW JACKAL
LEADS DIGS INTO THE HIRING
PROCESS AND WHY IT IS THE WAY
IT IS THE UH LONG HOURS AND
EVEN LONGER WORK WEEKS
THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO
PROTECT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
FIGHT FOR COUNTRY FEDERAL
FIREFIGHTERS C THE FIRST
THEIR BREAKING POINT THE GULF
OF RIGHT SO MENTALLY ARE THEY
ARE THEY SHARP ENOUGH TO TO
BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO CALLS
OTHER SHARP ENOUGH TO TO BE A
WOULD DO THAT AND THE FATIGUE
FACTOR IT'S MENTALLY DRAINING
A PHYSICALLY PHYSICALLY OF
TIM WELSH PRESIDENT OF
TIDEWATER FEDERAL
TIDEWATER FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS YOU HIS
FIREFIGHTERS REGULARLY WORK
SIXTEEN OUT OF SEVEN
SOMETIMES FIVE TWENTY FOUR
HOUR SHIFTS IN A ROW HAS
PLEADED TO THE NAVY AND EVEN
LAWMAKERS BUT NOTHING'S
CHANGED. WE FEEL ABSOLUTELY
HELPLESS BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE
CONTACTED EVERYBODY WE KNOW
CAPTAIN MONTE ASHLYN IT
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND
SAFETY FOR THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION SAYS THE SHORTAGE
CAUSED IN PART BY THE SIX TO
EIGHT MONTHS IT CURRENTLY
TAKES TO HIRE SOMEONE
THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED
CANDIDATES IS NOT A NUMBER
ONE PROBLEM THE CURRENTLY
IT'S ON BOARD C STREET ASHLYN
SAYS THE ON BOARDING PROCESS
REPLAY SCREEN IS OUTSIDE NAVY
REGION MID ATLANTIC CONTROL
SO WE TURNED TO SARAH ROBERTS
WHO OVERSEES THE C N I C
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE LOCATED
IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
THE CENTER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE ON BOARDING PROCESS
ACROSS ALL NEEDY REGIONS WHEN
WE SPOKE WITH THE CAPTAIN
HERE A NAVY REGION MID
ATLANTIC HE SAID THE ISSUE
WITH ARE FIREFIGHTER SHORTAGE
IS THE ON BOARDING PROCESS I
BELIEVE THAT THEY MAY BE
LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE HIRING
PROCESS IS WHY THEY ARE
THINKING THE ON BOARDING
PROCESS WAS TAKEN TO WILL
THE HIRING PROCESS IS BROKEN
DOWN INTO TEN STEPS COVERS
EVERYTHING FROM PHYSICAL
AGILITY TEST TO BACK FROM TO
CAN TAKE MONTHS TO CLEAR
ROBERT SAYS THAT'LL TEACH
TIME DO YOU BELIEVE BE THERE
IS A LENGTHY HIRING PROCESS
ON BOARDING PROCESS D THING
THAT'S AN ISSUE AT ALL. I
BELIEVE THAT THEIR IF THERE
IS A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT
MOST BETTER CANDIDATES WHO
ARE SELECTED FOR POSITIONS
AND IT TAKES AWHILE TO DO
THAT YES DO THINK IT'S TAKING
TOO LONG I THINK IN PROCESS
CAN BE IMPROVED AND CERTAINLY
THE OWN BOARD UNHARMED
PROCESS IS COSTLY BEING
REVIEW AND IMPROVE THE WELL
SAYS THE FIREFIGHTERS
CONTINUE WORKING EXCESSIVE
AMOUNTS OF OVERTIME THE C T
CONCERT WHERE SHE DOWN IF
YOU'RE TIRED YOU'RE NOT HAVE
THE SAME SAME STRENGTH YOU
WOULD IS WHEN YOU'RE WELL
RESTED SO RESPONDING TO CALLS
YOU MAY NOT HAVE YOUR ALL WE
DECIDE TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE AVERAGE TIME TAKES TO
HIRE CIVILIAN FINE PLAYERS
ACROSS ALL NEEDY REGIONS
DECEIVE THE NATIONWIDE
PROBLEM TAKES NAVY REGION
NORTHWEST NINETY ONE DAYS
NAVY REGION SOUTHWEST SIXTY
THREE DAYS SE HONORED TWELVE
DAYS FINALLY NAVY REGION MID
ATLANTIC WHICH COVERS
VIRGINIA TAKES A HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY EIGHT DAYS FROM
THE DATA THAT I HAVE NAVY
REGION SOUTHWEST TAKES TWO
MONTHS AND TO AND TO HIRE
SOMEONE BUT IN A NAVY REGION
MID ATLANTIC EIGHT MONTHS
THE DRESS THAT TO ME ATLANTIC
REGION THE REGION TELLS ME
THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS
FIREFIGHTERS LEAVING
FIREFIGHTERS LEAVING THE FORCE AND A LACK OF HIRES
COMING IN THE DOOR. WE DON'T
SOLVE SOME OF THESE VACANCY
PROBLEM WE DON'T SOLVE SOME
OF THESE ON BOARDING PROCESS
HIRING PROBLEMS BEEN. WE'RE
GOING TO GET A PLACE WHERE
INDIVIDUALS MAYBE GOING OUT
FATIGUE NEXT HE PERMISSION
THAT SOMETHING THAT NOBODY
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CIC SAY
THEY STARTED EXPEDITED ON
BOARDING PROCESS THIS PAST
JANUARY BY ALLOWING COMMANDS
TO USE DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY
NAVY REGION MID ATLANTIC SAYS
THAT COUPLED WITH ITS RECENT
ON BOARDING PILOT PROGRAM