(a) All officers and firemen shall be appointed by the Fire Chief, and shall be under the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission of the City.
(b) A fireman shall serve as a fireman third grade for the first six months next following his original appointment to the Fire Department, and thereafter he shall automatically advance to the rank of fireman second grade and shall serve in that grade for the next twelve months. Thereafter, he shall automatically advance to the position of fireman first grade.
(c) Any vacancies in the above classes shall be filled under the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission.
(Ord. 64-56. Passed 11-16-64.)