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The New York State Civil Service Commission is a New York state government body [1] that adopts rules that govern the state civil service; oversees the operations of municipal civil service commissions and city and county personnel officers; hears appeals on examination qualifications, examination ratings, position classifications, pay grade determinations, disciplinary actions, and the use of ...
A volunteer firefighter stipend program has allocated more than $140,000 to fire departments across New York, including the Endwell Fire Department, to boost recruitment.. New York State Division ...
The examinations were administered in November and December 2003; [5] 118 firefighters took the examinations (77 took the lieutenant exam and 41 took the captain exam). When the results came back, the pass rate for black candidates was approximately half that of the corresponding rate for white candidates: [ 6 ]
On March 17, 1996, NYC EMS merged with the FDNY, forming the Bureau of EMS. Employees of the newly formed bureau were considered FDNY employees and became eligible for transfer to firefighter within the department. As a result of the merger, the FDNY Bureau of EMS became the largest fire department-based EMS system in the United States. [4]
Nov. 23—METHUEN — The Civil Service Commission ruled in favor of Methuen Firefighter Tracy Blanchette's appeal that claims city officials passed her over for a promotion from private to ...
The National Firefighter Selection Inventory - NFSI, is a national entry-level examination that was developed as an alternative to conventional firefighter written entrance examinations. It was developed by IOS, Inc. or Industrial/Organizational Solutions Inc, referred to as IOS in the 2009 United States Supreme Court case, Ricci v.
Therese Fay, an 89-year-old retired nurse who has relied on the free insurance since her FDNY firefighter husband died, said she feels betrayed because she doesn’t want to give up her current plan.
The position of fire marshal is a promotional civil service title and all officers have served several years as active firefighters. Unlike many other jurisdictions, the New York City fire marshals are armed police officers with full powers of arrest who generally work in pairs and investigate serious fires with the New York City Police Department.