§ 14-48. Appointments to regular Fire Department.

(a)

No person shall be appointed as a permanent member of the regular Fire Department unless he shall be a United States citizen or has manifested an intention to become a United States citizen.

(b)

Each applicant must have a high school diploma or an equivalent education certified by the State Board of Education.

(c)

No person shall be appointed as a permanent member of the regular Fire Department unless he shall have reached his eighteenth (18th) birthday.

(d)

Each applicant's vision shall be at least 20/50 in each eye, correctable to 20/20 in each eye.

(e)

Each applicant shall have normal hearing without the use of any hearing aid or other device.

(f)

Applications shall not be accepted from any person who has ever been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.

(g)

Each applicant must pass a thorough physical examination, including an examination of physical agility as well as a psychiatric examination conducted by a physician or physicians or other qualified persons as designated by the City of Danbury.

(h)

All appointments shall be for a probationary period of one (1) year, during which time every man so appointed shall successfully pass a course of training established by the Fire Chief of the City of Danbury, or such course of training as may be required by the statutes or regulations of the State of Connecticut. If any person fails to pass the course of training, he or shall not be appointed a regular firefighter and shall be dismissed as a probationary firefighter.

(i)

All appointments shall be based on merit as the result of competitive written and oral examinations conducted under the auspices of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Danbury. The Civil Service Commission shall avail itself of professional testing services for the written portion of the examinations.

(j)

All applicants for Civilian Clerk (typist, clerk, stenographer) shall comply with subsections (b), (d) and (e) of this section. Such Clerk shall be on a probationary period of six (6) months.

(Code 1961, § 8-18; Ord. No. 57, 1-4-1966; Ord. No. 120, 11-7-1967; Ord. No. 130, 6-4-1968; Ord. No. 182, 2-6-1973; Ord. No. 216, §§ 8—12, 15, 16, 3-1-1977; Ord. No. 222, 5-3-1977; Ord. No. 274, 11-5-1981; Ord. No. 296, 3-24-1983; Ord. No. 403, 10-2-1990)