The positions of Assistant Fire Chiefs who shall answer directly to the Fire Chief and shall serve in those positions at his discretion are hereby created. The Assistant Chiefs shall be in the Confidential Service. These Assistant Fire Chiefs shall be in charge of the operational areas established by regulations and shall be responsible for the administration and supervision of personnel in their charge. Any regular member of the Firefighters Corps may be appointed Assistant Chief. When this occurs, he or she shall retain their permanent rank and once they cease in their functions as Assistant Chiefs they will return to their permanent rank with the salary to which they would be entitled had they remained in their position. History —June 21, 1988, No. 43, p. 163, § 6, renumbered as § 7 on Aug. 12, 1995, No. 199, § 3.
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