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Brownsburg fire governing board approves merit-rule changes lowering hiring age to 19
Summary
The Brownsburg Fire Territory governing board approved Resolution 25-01 to lower the minimum hiring age from 21 to 19 and reduce required employee evaluations from twice a year to once a year; the changes will go to department membership for ratification.
The Brownsburg Fire Territory governing board approved Resolution 25-01 during a public meeting, voting to lower the minimum hiring age for firefighters from 21 to 19 and to change the merit-system evaluation requirement from two reviews per year to one.
The changes, presented by the fire chief, also preserve more frequent reviews for probationary firefighters. The chief said probationary firefighters receive more regular check-ins: “probationary employees are evaluated a lot closer,” and added, “every day is an evaluation day.”
The chief told the board the resolution amends portions of the merit-system rules that the…
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