Rules and regulations of the Indianapolis Fire Department.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 252-205
in effectSec. 252-205. - Rules and regulations of the Indianapolis Fire Department.
(a) Within the limits of this Code, the chief, shall prescribe, adopt and put into effect such rules and regulations for the governance of the Indianapolis fire department as, from time to time, he or she deems appropriate. Within the limits of this Code, the chief, with the approval of the merit board, shall establish a classification of ranks, grades and positions in the department and shall designate the authority and responsibilities of each rank, grade and position. The chief shall have authority to assign or reassign any member of the department to serve at any department worksite, within the limits of the Code, and to perform such duties as he or she shall designate, provided such grade and assignment results in no decrease in the firefighter's merit rank, and provided the firefighter's minimum salary is commensurate with the firefighter's merit rank. The chief shall be authorized to make maximum use of civilian employees in any position in the department so as to release firefighters to perform essential departmental functions.
(b) Consistent with the terms of section 252-206(a), the chief, in consultation with the mayor, may establish a position classification system and a scale of compensation for the various firefighters in the department. The compensation so fixed shall be based on the rank held by the firefighter and the special technical competence of the job assignment of the firefighter. Any position pay granted to a firefighter shall remain in effect only while such firefighter is in such position. The scale of compensation shall be required to apply uniformly to all firefighters' merit rank and minimum salary commensurate with the rank.
(Code 1975, § 3-336; G.O. 104, 2009, § 1; G.O. 13, 2016, § 28; G.O. 33, 2021, § 1)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIORAD_CH252INFIDE_ARTIIFIMESY_S252-205RUREINFIDEFetched: 10/27/2026