(a) A municipality with a firefighter's civil service commission providing an advanced life support ambulance service licensed by the state health department may also administer a special examination for the position of firefighter paramedic.
(b) An applicant for the position of firefighter paramedic shall: (1) Be a certified paramedic; (2) successfully pass the firefighter paramedic examination; and (3) meet the requirements of section seventeen of this article.
(c) Any person employed as a firefighter paramedic under the provisions of this section shall: (1) Maintain paramedic certification; (2) complete all required fire service training; and (3) comply with all other provisions of this article applicable to the continued employment of firefighters.
(d) Every position of firefighter paramedic, unless filled by promotion, reinstatement, reduction or a current firefighter, shall be filled only in the manner specified in section twenty of this article.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations
Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments
§8-15-1. Power and Authority of Governing Body With Respect to Fires
§8-15-2. Liability for Property Pulled Down or Destroyed to Prevent Spread of Fire
§8-15-4. Power and Authority to Form Fire Companies; Recordation of Statement; Organization
§8-15-5. Duties of Company Members; Meetings to Inspect Equipment; Report; Penalty for Noncompliance
§8-15-6. Dissolution of Volunteer Fire Company
§8-15-7. Incorporation of Volunteer Fire Companies; Duties and Obligations; Dissolution
§8-15-7a. Audit or Financial Examination of Volunteer Fire Companies
§8-15-8. Support of Volunteer Fire Company; Return of Property Upon Dissolution
§8-15-8c. Donation of Equipment
§8-15-9. Establishment and Maintenance of Paid Fire Department
§8-15-10. Hours of Duty for Firemen in a Paid Fire Department
§8-15-10a. Firemen Who Are Required to Work During Holidays; How Compensated
§8-15-12. Firemen's Civil Service Commission Generally
§8-15-13. Recorder Ex Officio Clerk of Commission; Clerical and Stenographic Services
§8-15-14. Rooms, Stationery, etc., to Be Furnished by Municipality; Appropriations Required
§8-15-15. Powers, Authority and Duties of Firemen's Civil Service Commission
§8-15-16. Rules for All Examinations; Probationary Appointments
§8-15-16a. Apprenticeship Programs
§8-15-17. Form of Application; Age and Residency Requirements; Exceptions
§8-15-18a. Individual Review of Test and Answers From Promotional Examination
§8-15-19. Refusal to Examine or Certify; Review Thereof
§8-15-20a. Special Examination for Firefighter Paramedic
§8-15-21. Noncompetitive Examination for Filling Vacancy; Provisional Appointment
§8-15-22. Vacancies Filled by Promotions; Eligibility for Promotion
§8-15-24. Political Activities of Members Prohibited; Exceptions