Board clarifies fire lieutenant qualifications in hiring language

Sep 14, 2026

The Personnel Salary Advisory Board approved placing the incident-safety officer / fire‑suppression certificate requirement in the licenses-and-certificates section for the fire lieutenant job description to make hiring prerequisites explicit.

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County staff told the Personnel Salary Advisory Board that the fire lieutenant classification previously listed a required certificate under training and experience, and the department now requests the same requirement be reflected under licenses and certificates to make hiring and job-posting prerequisites clearer.

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