Section 420.07 — Rules For Fire Department Service.
420.07 RULES FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICE. The commission shall adopt rules to promote efficiency in the fire department service and to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The rules must provide among other things for: (1) the classification of all offices and employments in the fire department; (2) public competitive examinations to test the […]
Section 424A.001 — Definitions.
424A.001 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms defined. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given. Subd. 1a. Ancillary benefit. “Ancillary benefit” means a benefit payable from the special fund of the relief association other than a service pension that is permitted by law […]
Section 420.08 — Removal Or Discharge.
420.08 REMOVAL OR DISCHARGE. No officer or employee after six months’ continuous employment shall be removed or discharged except for cause, upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. Such charges shall be investigated by or before such civil service commission. The […]
Section 424A.002 — Authorization Of New Or Continuing Volunteer Firefighters Relief Associations.
424A.002 AUTHORIZATION OF NEW OR CONTINUING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS. Subdivision 1. Authorization. A fire department, with approval by the applicable municipality or municipalities, may establish a new volunteer firefighter relief association or may retain an existing volunteer firefighter relief association. A fire department may be associated with only one volunteer firefighter relief association at […]
Section 420.09 — Employees Graded.
420.09 EMPLOYEES GRADED. The commission shall ascertain the duties of each office, position, and employment in the fire protection service of such city and designate by rule as well as may be practicable the grade of each office, employment, or position. The commission shall prescribe standards of fitness and efficiency for each office, position, and […]
Section 424A.003 — Certification Of Service Credit.
424A.003 CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE CREDIT. (a) When a municipal fire department, a joint powers fire department, or an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation is directly associated with the volunteer firefighters relief association, the fire chief shall certify annually by March 31 the service credit for the previous calendar year of each volunteer firefighter rendering active service […]
Section 420.10 — Examinations; Examiners.
420.10 EXAMINATIONS; EXAMINERS. All examinations shall be impartial, fair and practical and designed only to test the relative qualifications and fitness of applicants to discharge the duties of the particular employment which they seek to fill. No question in any examination shall relate to the political or religious convictions or affiliations of the applicant. All […]
Section 424A.01 — Membership In A Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association.
424A.01 MEMBERSHIP IN A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Subdivision 1. Minors. No volunteer firefighters relief association associated with a municipality, a joint powers entity, or an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation may include as a relief association member a minor serving as a volunteer firefighter. Subd. 2. Status of substitute volunteer firefighters. No person who is […]
Section 420.11 — Notice Of Examinations.
420.11 NOTICE OF EXAMINATIONS. Notice of the time, place, and scope of each examination shall be given by publication and posting as specified in section 420.07 and by mailing such notice to each applicant upon the appropriate list of the application register ten days in advance. The names of those found eligible upon examinations after […]
Section 420.12 — Charges To Be Filed; Trial.
420.12 CHARGES TO BE FILED; TRIAL. Charges of inefficiency or misconduct may be filed with the secretary of the commission by a superior officer or by the appointing authority, and thereupon the commission shall try the charges after not less than ten days’ written notice to the accused. Such notice shall set forth the charges […]