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Permalink Reply by Scott on December 10, 2008 at 10:55pm

O, I probally should of mentioned that I am fully aware of my dept and district bylaws. I just wanted to know if there was any state mandates or anything along those lines.

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Permalink Reply by Sara Hall on December 10, 2008 at 11:03pm

There are requirements of certain training curriculumns and NIMS courses.

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Permalink Reply by Scott on December 11, 2008 at 12:47pm

any idea what those training requirments might be?

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Permalink Reply by Rescue601 on December 11, 2008 at 3:56pm

So let me take a guess, your department just had its elections and someone isn't happy with the outcome?

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Permalink Reply by Scott on December 11, 2008 at 5:04pm

False but nice try

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Permalink Reply by Rescue601 on December 11, 2008 at 5:13pm

In most states there isn't a different requirement for line officers outside of those mandated of the firefighters. Everything else governing officer appointment and qualifications is handled in the bylaws.

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Permalink Reply by Allen on December 11, 2008 at 5:21pm

at my station u have to have so many years of experience and levl one, level 2, incident command, safety officer, hazmat, firest aid cpr, evoc and a bunch of classes like that in order 2 be an officer by all departments are different check your bylaws to see ur stations requirments

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Permalink Reply by Scott on December 11, 2008 at 5:23pm

Yeah I was just curious if there were any state mandates in NY for the posistion of Chief I mean its a rather important rank. Our bylaws are good but i wanted to make sure our bylaws or even our district bylaws were not going against anything the state requires

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