§ 252-101 — Definitions
Revised Code of the Consolidated City and County of Indianapolis-Marion County (Supp. No. 47, Update 2: codified through Ordinance No. 42, 2026, passed June 1, 2026) · Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 252-101
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Sec. 252-101. - Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. Chief or chief of fire means the chief executive officer of the Indianapolis Fire Department appointed pursuant to this article. Civilian fire merit board or merit board means the Indianapolis Fire Department Merit Board created pursuant to this chapter. Department means the Indianapolis Fire Department. Fire special service district means the special service district created pursuant to IC 36-3-1-6 and section 111-3 of the Code. Member or firefighter means a regularly employed firefighter of the Indianapolis fire department. Merit rank means all promotions to the rank of lieutenant, captain, and battalion chief made in accordance with the Indianapolis fire department's merit system. Non-suppression division means all firefighters assigned to work an average of one hundred and twenty (120) hours in a twenty-one-day work period at various Indianapolis fire department worksites other than fire stations. Suppression division means all department firefighters assigned to work one hundred and forty-four (144) hours in a twenty-one-day work period.
(Code 1975, App. A, Pt. IV, § 1; G.O. 71, 2006, § 20; G.O 104, 2009, § 1; G.O. 13, 2016, § 26; G.O. 33, 2021, § 1)