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College Place Civil Service Commission extends lieutenant eligibility list and updates firefighter testing to allow 18-year-olds
Summary
The College Place Civil Service Commission voted June 12 to extend the fire lieutenant eligibility list through April 2026 and approved changes to firefighter eligibility testing that lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 and shift some certification requirements from mandatory to preferred.
The College Place Civil Service Commission voted June 12 to extend the fire lieutenant eligibility list for one year and to adopt changes to firefighter eligibility testing that lower the minimum hiring age from 21 to 18.
Civil Service Commission staff told commissioners the extension was requested in a letter from Fire Chief Winters because the lieutenant eligibility list had expired in April 2025 and the department still had two candidates remaining on the prior list. “The fire chief has asked that we extend the fire lieutenant eligibility list for 1 more year, so until April 2026,” a staff member said during the meeting.
The extension addresses a list that previously certified six names; commissioners were told four of those six…
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