(a) Promotion within the Fire Department shall be by successive ranks established as follows:
(1) Fire Chief;
(2) Deputy Chief;
(3) Battalion Chief;
(4) Fire Captain;
(5) Fire Lieutenant; and
(6) Fire-fighter.
(b) Within the ranks below that of Fire Lieutenant, Council may establish such special positions having special duties with preferential pay as Council deems necessary, but the existence of such special positions shall not establish eligibility for promotion to the next higher rank. No special position established by Council within the ranks below that of Fire Lieutenant shall be filled without promotional examination.
(c) The positions of fire alarm inspector, fire mechanic, fire prevention inspector, and fire-fighter clerk shall carry the rank of fire-fighter.
(d) When an examination is held for any rank above fire-fighter, all incumbents of the next lower rank who meet the seniority and efficiency standards established by the Civil Service Board shall be eligible. If no more than one incumbent of the next lower rank meets such requirements, the Civil Service Board shall be authorized to open the examination to incumbents of the next lower rank.
(Ord. 130-66. Passed 6-28-66; Ord. 168-11. Passed 8-8- 11; Ord. 275-12. Passed 12-17-12.)