§ 14-49. Promotions in regular department.

(a)

Applicants must have a certificate to show that they have successfully passed a course of training required by the statutes or regulations of the State of Connecticut.

(b)

All promotions shall be based on merit as the result of competitive examinations, written or oral, 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.

(c)

All applicants for promotion to Lieutenant shall have served a minimum of four (4) years at the regular Fire Department or three (3) years as a regular Firefighter, but have at least an associate degree in fire science and administration or the equivalent thereof from an institution accredited by the Connecticut Department of Education.

(d)

All applicants for promotion to Captain shall have served a minimum of one (1) year as a lieutenant in the regular Fire Department and also have completed at least six (6) years of service in the regular Fire Department.

(e)

All applicants for promotion to Assistant Chief shall have served a minimum of one (1) year as a captain and have completed at least eight (8) years of service in the regular Fire Department.

(f)

All applicants for Fire Marshal shall have served a minimum of ten (10) years in the regular Fire Department or twelve (12) years in the Volunteer Fire Department. He must also have minimum qualifications to fulfill requirements of the State Department of Administrative Services which will conduct competitive examination in accordance with the provisions of C.G.S. § 7-423.

(Code 1961, § 8-19; Ord. No. 57, 1-4-1966; Ord. No. 167, 1-4-1972; Ord. No. 172, 3-7-1972; Ord. No. 216, §§ 9, 13, 14, 3-1-1977)