2006 New York Code - Permanent Appointment Of Fire Fighters; Completion Of Training Program.

 
    §  209-w.  Permanent  appointment  of  fire  fighters;  completion  of
  training program. 1. Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  general,
  special, or local law or charter to the contrary, no person shall, after
  the  effective  date  of regulations adopted by the governor pursuant to
  section one hundred  fifty-nine-d  of  the  executive  law,  receive  an
  original  appointment  on  a  permanent  basis  as a fire fighter of any
  county, city, town, village, or fire district  unless  such  person  has
  previously  been  awarded  a certificate by the state fire administrator
  attesting to his satisfactory  completion  of  an  approved  fire  basic
  training program; and every person who is appointed on a temporary basis
  or  for a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as a fire
  fighter of any county,  city,  town,  village  or  fire  district  shall
  forfeit  his  position  as  such unless he previously has satisfactorily
  completed, or within the time prescribed by regulations  promulgated  by
  the  governor  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred  fifty-nine-d  of the
  executive law, satisfactorily completes, a fire basic  training  program
  for temporary or probationary fire fighters and is awarded a certificate
  by the state fire administrator attesting thereto.
    2. The term fire fighter, as used in this section, shall mean a member
  of  a  fire  department  whose duties include fire service as the phrase
  fire service is defined in paragraph d of subdivision eleven of  section
  three hundred two of the retirement and social security law.
    3.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be construed to exempt any fire
  fighter or other officer or employee from the provisions  of  the  civil
  service law.
    4.  The provisions of this section shall not prevent the establishment
  of more restrictive local requirements for appointment of fire fighters.
    5. Any person whose name was on an eligible list  for  appointment  in
  the  competitive  class  of  the  civil service as a fire fighter on the
  effective date of any rules and regulations promulgated by the  governor
  pursuant  to section one hundred fifty-nine-d of the executive law shall
  continue to remain eligible for permanent  appointment  from  such  list
  during  the  life  of  such list without satisfying the requirements set
  forth in subdivision one of this section, provided  he  would  otherwise
  have  remained eligible for permanent appointment from such list if this
  section had not been enacted.
    6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to appointments made
  by any county, city, town, village or fire district which  employs  five
  or fewer fire fighters.