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ORDINANCE NO. 94-8-_EL'7 9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12-44 OF CHAPTER
12, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. Sec. 12-44, Completion required;
length of program, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) No person shall be employed on a permanent
basis as a firefighter in the Paducah Fire Department until
he/she has successfully completed a probationary period of
six (6) months as an applicant -candidate, under the terms,
provisions and conditions as set out in this division and as
established for training by the chief of the Paducah Fire
Department. This six (6) month probationary period shall
include an initial training period of a minimum of thirty
(30) days, with the option of additional days as may be
deemed necessary at the discretion of the fire chief. The
initial training period shall not exceed a maximum of sixty
(60) days. Upon completion of this initial training period
the fire chief will assign the applicant-candidate(s) to a
regular platoon working twenty-four (24) hours on duty and
forty-eight (48) hours off duty, at a rate of pay as set out
in Section 12-48, to complete the remainder of the six (6)
month probationary period.
(b) Any person employed on a permanent basis as a
firefighter in the Paducah Fire Department shall within a
period of twenty-four (24) months complete the required
course and become certified as an Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT) through the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Department of Human Resources. Further, all firefighters so
employed shall keep their EMT certification current at all
times and participate in continuing EMT education and
training programs. Failure to maintain EMT certification,
with absence of good cause, shall be grounds for discipline
or dismissal pursuant to KRS 95.450.
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be retroactive to
July 1, 1994.
SECTION 3.- This ordinance shall be read on two
separate days and will become effective upon summary
publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners July 26, 1994
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners August 11 , 1994
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, August `' 1994
Published by The Paducah Sun
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