Q.3.a. If the Board of Fire Commissioners does not fund the Lieutenant
positions set forth in paragraph Q.3. above, the Board of Fire Commissioners may
create and fund an “Assistant Superintendent” Position to be known as the
“Training/Safety Lieutenant”, to be assigned to the “Training/Safety Division”.
This Training/Safety Lieutenant shall work four (4) ten-hour days.
(0.3.a. above is from the sidebar agreement of 10/1/12)
The employee holding the position of Lieutenant Training/Safety, as defined
in this paragraph, may take promotional tests for “line” positions based on his/her
line rank and service time prior to promotion to Lieutenant Training/Safety, as
defined in this paragraph.
Q.4. Training Superintendent, 4-10 hour days per week, Training /Safety
Lieutenant, 10/14 schedule.
Q.5. Training/Safety Lieutenants instruct basic Fire Fighter evolutions.
Example: hose, ladders, SCBA, pumps, EMS etc.
Q.6. Training/Safety Lieutenants are available for Station Assignments as
per Article 36, Section C.
Q.7. Training/Safety Lieutenant positions are covered positions seven (7)
days per week twenty-four (24) hours per day, and will be part of officers’
overtime list.
Q.8. All Lieutenants promoted before July 1, 2003 are not transferable to
the Training/Safety Division under Article 4, they are however allowed to request
assignment in the Training Safety Position.
Q.9. As soon as practical all suppression officers will be given the State of
New Hampshire Fire Standards and Training, Incident Scene Safety Officer on
duty.
R. — In order to fill vacancies in the rank of Assistant Superintendent, a test
will be given. Employees who are currently third ranking specialists in that
division will be considered eligible to take the test. If only one Third Ranking
Specialist passes the test, he shall be promoted to Assistant Superintendent. In the
event that there is no third ranking specialist in that division, no third ranking
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