Chapter 6 - Fire Department and Fire Prevention Code
Division 1 - Fire Department Personnel
SEC. 6.1-1 CREATION. There has heretofore been created and is hereby continued and maintained a Fire Department as one of the administrative departments of the Town of Normal.
SEC. 6.1-2 DEPARTMENTAL STRENGTH AND ALLOCATION OF AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL AMONG POSITION CLASSIFICATIONS. The authorized full-time strength of the Fire Department and the number of persons authorized to hold various job classifications within the Department is established and may be changed from time to time by the corporate authority of the Town by the adoption of the Annual Budget Document. The full-time department may be assisted by not more than ten volunteer, part-time firefighters.
SEC. 6.1-3 APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO POSITION CLASSIFICATIONS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
- Fire Chief. The Fire Chief shall be appointed by
the Municipal Manager in the manner provided in the Town's Personnel
Code.
- Assistant Fire Chief. The Assistant Fire Chief position
shall be filled by the appointment of the Fire Chief with the
consent of the Municipal Manager in the manner provided by the
Personnel Code of the Town.
- Battalion Chief. The Battalion Chief position hereby
created shall be filled by the appointment of the Fire Chief
with the consent of the Municipal Manager in the manner provided
by the Personnel Code of the Town. (Added 12/16/02 by Ord.
No. 4840)
- Firefighter II. This entry-level and lowest ranking
position in the Fire Department shall be appointed by the Fire
Chief with the consent of the Municipal Manager in the manner
provided by the Personnel Code of the Town.
- Promotional Positions. The following positions are
promotional in the Fire Department:
Captain
Lieutenant
Firefighter II
Appointments to such promotional positions shall be made by the Fire Chief with the consent of the Municipal Manager in accordance with the terms of any collective bargaining agreement governing such appointment.
- Other Appointed Positions. All other authorized full-time
positions in the Fire Department shall be filled by appointment
of the Fire Chief, with the consent of the Municipal Manager
in the manner provided in the Personnel Code of the Town.
- Part-Time Volunteer Firefighters. Part-time volunteer
firefighters may be appointed and removed by the Chief. Persons
desiring to serve as volunteer part-time firefighters shall
submit a written application for employment to the Chief. The
Chief may review such applications, interview such applicants
and hire those individuals deemed the best able to perform the
duties of part-time volunteer firefighters. No person shall
first be employed as a volunteer part-time firefighter who is
more than 34 years of age or who is unable to pass a physical
examination designed to ascertain whether that person is physically
able to perform the duties of a firefighter. Such examination
shall be given by a licensed physician at Town expense, prior
to hiring an individual as a part-time volunteer firefighter.
- Certification. Within two years from the date of
original appointment as a volunteer part-time firefighter, all
part-time volunteer firefighters shall successfully obtain certification
as a Firefighter II from the State of Illinois. Failure to obtain
such certification within the period specified shall be grounds
for termination.
SEC. 6.1-4 DUTIES OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. Personnel in the Fire Department shall perform the duties and responsibilities assigned to the current job description for the position held, as such job descriptions may from time to time be revised and approved by the corporate authority.
SEC. 6.1-5 PERSONNEL REGULATIONS. Personnel regulations and compensation:
- Full-Time Members. Except as otherwise provided in a collective
bargaining agreement with the Town, all full-time members of
the Department shall be subject to the Personnel Code provided
in Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code.
- Part-Time Volunteer Firefighters.
- Training Time. All part-time volunteer firefighters are
required to take part in all training programs assigned by the
Chief, which shall include not less than six hours of training
time a month. Part-time volunteer firefighters will be paid
for such training time at the hourly rate established for part-time
volunteer firefighter training time in the Salary Administrative
Program, as that rate is amended from time to time by the corporate
authority through the adoption or amendment of budget documents.
- Call-In Time. Part-time volunteer firefighters called in
by a command officer for other than training or officer-assigned
work-in purposes who respond to such call shall be paid for
such call-in time at the hourly rate established for part-time
volunteer firefighters call-in time in the Salary Administration
Program, as that rate is amended from time to time by the corporate
authority through the adoption or amendment of budget documents.
- Officer Assigned Work-In. Firefighter II part-time volunteer firefighters asked, by a command officer, to work "officer assigned work-in" and actually performing such services shall be paid for such officer assigned work-in at the hourly rate established for part-time volunteer firefighters officer assigned work-in in the Salary Administration Program, as that rate is amended from time to time by the corporate authority through the adoption or amendment of the budget document.
SEC. 6.1-6 DISCIPLINE, SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL. The Municipal Manager with respect to the Fire Chief and the Chief with respect to all other positions in the Department may discipline, suspend or remove such persons in the following way:
- For persons subject to the terms of a collective bargaining
agreement, in accordance with the applicable terms of the agreement.
- For persons not subject to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, in accordance with the Town Personnel Code.