Seniority shall be the date of the employee's appointment to the Department of Fire & Rescue Operations and the total length of his continuous service after that date.
Classification Seniority:
Classification Seniority shall be the date of the member's appointment to his particular classification/pay group as outlined in Section 2113.02 of this article. This seniority shall be utilized for the selection of vacation and scheduled days off. The Chief/Director shall consider classification seniority when making bureau and platoon assignments. If two members were promoted on the same day then their place on the original promotional list will be utilized to determine seniority.