§ 17-3.3. Standards for fire department personnel.  


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  • (a)

    All civil service personnel of the fire department shall be required to satisfactorily complete, within the prescribed time, the minimum requirements for basic certification as established by the State of Texas.

    (b)

    No person shall be certified as a firefighter or fire inspector who has not satisfied the basic requirements established by the State of Texas for fire department personnel and such rules and regulations as may be established by the civil service commission.

    (c)

    All civil service personnel of the fire department shall be bound by the most current directives, orders, rules, regulations and procedures for the operation of the fire department as promulgated or as may hereafter be amended by the chief of the fire department, and failure to abide thereby shall subject the violating personnel to such disciplinary action as may be determined by the chief of the fire department within the limits of applicable state law or city ordinance.

(Ord. No. 4394, § 1, 4-26-84)