Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in a paid fire department and there is no list of individuals eligible for appointment after a competitive examination, the appointing officer may nominate an individual to the firemen's civil service commission for noncompetitive examination; and if such nominee shall be certified by the said commission as qualified, after such noncompetitive examination and a medical examination, he may be appointed provisionally, to fill such vacancy until a selection and appointment can be made after competitive examination, in the manner prescribed in section twenty of this article; but such provisional appointment shall not continue for a longer period than three months, nor shall successive provisional appointments be made to the same position, under the provisions of this section.
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