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1582 standard. This standard is to be available for review at the Fire Department Administration
building.

14. Employment - Firefighter must continue to meet the NFPA 1582 and NFPA 1001 standards and
must successfully complete an annual physical and performance review. Firefighter will also be
required annually to pass the minimum performance standards as adopted by the commission.
Firefighters that do not meet these minimum requirements of the position will be subject to the
Minimum Standards progressive discipline policy outlined below -
1. First failure will result in no punishment and the person will be re-tested in 30 days after the
failure.
2. Second failure will result in a letter of reprimand placed in their personnel fire and the person
will be re-tested in 30 days after the failure. If the person failing the test is a driver, that
person will be suspended from their duties of driver until they pass the test.
3. Third failure will result in a 48-hour suspension without pay from duty and the person will
be re-tested in 30 days after returning to duty.
4. Fourth failure will result in termination.

15. Certification - Firefighter must receive the Intermediate EMT certification within 12 months of
hire.

Section 800.012 Veterans Preference

The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) requires affirmative action
provisions for veterans where federal contracts exist. If a department receives federal contracts, they are
required to follow the Veterans Preference guidelines below.

When interviews are conducted from the ARL, all eligible Veterans on the referred list must be given the
opportunity for an interview.

To receive preference, a veteran must have been discharged or released from active duty in the Armed
Forces under honorable conditions (i.e., with an honorable or general discharge), as defined in 5 U.S.C.
2101(2). "Armed Forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The veteran
must also be eligible under one of the preference categories below.

Military retirees at the rank of major, lieutenant commander, or higher are not eligible for preference in
appointment unless they are disabled veterans. (This does not apply to Reservists who will not begin
drawing military retired pay until age 60.)

For non-disabled users, active duty for training by National Guard or Reserve soldiers does not qualify as
"active duty" for preference.

For disabled veterans, active duty includes training service in the Reserves or National Guard, per the Merit
Systems Protection Board decision in Hesse v. Department of the Army, 104 M.S.P.R.647 (2007).
For purposes of this chapter and 5 U.S.C. 2108, "war" means only those armed conflicts declared by
Congress as war and includes World War II, which covers the period from December 7, 1941, to April 28,
1952.

Below are preference categories -

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