Office of Inspector General
City of Chicago
Report of the Office of Inspector General: *************************
Opportunities for Civilianiza tion in the Chic a go Fire Depa r tment Follow-Up Inquiry
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Joseph M. Ferguson Inspector General
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
City of Chicago
740 N. Sedgwick Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 Telephone: (77?,) 478-7799 Fax: (773)478-3949
July 13,2017
To the Mayor, Members of the City Council, City Clerk, City Treasurer, and residents of the City of Chicago:
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its January 2016 audit of opportunities for civilianization in the Chicago Fire Department (CFD). Based on the Department's response, OIG concludes that CFD has partially implemented corrective actions related to the audit findings.
The purpose of the January 2016 audit was to identify positions held by uniformed members at CFD that could instead be filled by civilians. Our audit found that CFD,
assigned 35 uniformed members to positions that did not require firefighting or emergency medical response training and experience, and could save an estimated $1.2 million annually by civilianizing 34 and eliminating 1 of these positions; and
provided at least 13 reasonable accommodations related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) either informally or without the required approval of the City's Disability Officer.
Based upon the results of our audit, we recommended that CFD,
civilianize 34 specific positions and eliminate the position of commissary liaison;
undertake a comprehensive assessment of all uniformed member assignments to identify further opportunities for civilianization;
assess temporary assignments before filling them with uniformed members, to determine if they could be performed by civilians;
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