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§2541.6. Deputy fire chief; city of DeRidder; competitive appointment
A.
(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing
authority of the city of DeRidder may create, by ordinance, the position of deputy fire chief
in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a
competitive basis from a list of eligibles as provided for in R.S.33:2551, and the right of
selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position shall be vested in the
fire chief, subject to approval of the appointing authority. The position of deputy fire chief
is not the same as the position of assistant fire chief.
(2)The governing authority shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the
deputy fire chief in the ordinance creating the posi
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§2541.6. Deputy fire chief; city of DeRidder; competitive appointment
A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing
authority of the city of DeRidder may create, by ordinance, the position of deputy fire chief
in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a
competitive basis from a list of eligibles as provided for in R.S.33:2551, and the right of
selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position shall be vested in the
fire chief, subject to approval of the appointing authority. The position of deputy fire chief
is not the same as the position of assistant fire chief.
(2) The governing authority shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the
deputy fire chief in the ordinance creating the position. Such duties and responsibilities may
include direct supervision over all positions in the classified service below the rank of fire
chief.
B.(1) The deputy fire chief shall not have less than seven years of full time fire
service experience with the DeRidder Fire Department.
(2) Any person who holds the position of deputy fire chief may, while holding such
position, apply for admission to the promotional examination for the class next higher than
that from which he was appointed as deputy fire chief. However, the name and score of any
deputy fire chief shall not be certified to the appointing authority by the civil service board
as eligible for appointment to a position of the promotional class; his name and score shall
be eligible for certification, in accordance with the maximum period for which a name may
remain on the eligibility list in accordance with the provisions of this Part, only upon
demotion to a position of the class from which he was appointed as deputy fire chief.
(3) Eligibility for admission to the competitive test for the position of deputy fire
chief shall be limited to members of the DeRidder Fire Department.
C. Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified fire service to serve
as deputy fire chief shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment,
and he shall continue to accumulate seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Part
during the time he holds the position of deputy fire chief.
D. If a deputy fire chief is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have
the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.