[riverrunner]

the city had the legal right to enforce a residency requirement.

Yes that well really help solve the recruitment problem.

/S/

[johniegrad]

Another idea: pass a law that requires that no home be valued over $100K. /s

[T.B. Yoits]

...the city had the legal right to enforce a residency requirement.

Courts found that residency requirements were illegal because they prevented minorities from joining police and fire departments of towns they didn't live in.

Residency requirements are legal based on whims, not actual law.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Recruitment problem solved! The fire department has been working with the City Council to attract more city residents, women and minorities to the department.