141.01 DEPARTMENT AND POSITIONS ESTABLISHED.
(a) There is hereby established a Fire Department for the Municipality.
(b) The Fire Department shall consist of a full-time Chief, Assistant Chief / Fire Marshal, Executive Assistant, full-time Lieutenants, full-time fire-fighters, and not more than thirty part-time fire-fighters. All current and new hire line firefighters and all line officers shall maintain their State Certified Paramedic status. The Chief and Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal shall maintain EMT-B Certification.
(c) Full-time service shall require not less than forty hours of service per week, as scheduled by the Chief. Part-time service shall include payment to part-time personnel for all fire calls, emergency calls, fire station duty and drills.
(d) The Chief shall certify the performance of all fire department personnel to the Finance Director.
(e) All fire calls and emergency calls shall be deemed to commence and terminate at the time appearing in the Fire Department Log.
(f) The Finance Director is authorized to compensate all Fire Department personnel, as may be authorized from time to time by ordinance upon receipt of the certification prescribed by subsection (d) hereof.
(g) All appointments or removal of any member of the Fire Department shall be pursuant to the Charter, Village Ordinances and applicable rules of the Civil Service Commission of the Ohio Revised Code in the absence of applicable rules.
(h) No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment as an entry level full-time fire fighter in the Fire Department, unless the person is at least eighteen (18) years of age and no older than thirty-two (32) years of age or so long as not over forty-one (41) years of age, provided the person has prior service as a firefighter and qualifies as being a member of the Ohio Police and Fireman's Disability and Pension Fund and provided that such service and membership has been continuous since the firefighter attained thirty-two (32) years of age.
(Ord. 2020-36. Passed 2-15-21.)