Vacancies; training academy for recruits; probationary period.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 252-203
in effectSec. 252-203. - Vacancies; training academy for recruits; probationary period.
(a) The chief shall appoint as recruit trainees such applicants as are necessary to fill any vacancies that exist in the department. Eighty (80) percent of such vacancies to be appointed at one time by the chief shall be filled by taking the applicant having the highest score on the final eligibility list and proceeding down the list in order. The chief shall fill the remaining twenty (20) percent of the vacancies by selecting any person remaining on the final eligibility list. In making these selections, the chief shall consider applicants who, in the opinion of the chief, are best qualified for appointment based on such considerations as cumulative score on the merit selections procedures, and community and legal obligations of the department and the city. Recruit trainees shall be assigned to the fire training academy for a training course prescribed by the chief with the approval of the merit board. No recruit trainee shall be assigned to regular active duty until the recruit trainee has attended and successfully completed the training course so prescribed. Failure to complete the course successfully shall result in dismissal from the department. After completing the training course, the recruit trainee shall be elevated to the probationary rank of firefighter and shall be assigned to regular active duty. The probationary period shall last for one (1) year of actual service from the date of the recruit trainee's graduation from the training academy. Each probationary firefighter shall be evaluated monthly during this period by their immediate supervisor pursuant to the evaluation system provided for in this Code. The appointment of probationary firefighter to firefighter becomes permanent when the probationary firefighter has successfully completed the one-year probationary period.
(b) While a person is in the status of recruit trainee or probationary firefighter, the chief may terminate or temporarily suspend such person, without right to any hearing before the merit board.
(Code 1975, § 3-334; G.O. 104, 2009, § 1; G.O. 46, 2015, § 1; 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_S252-203VATRACREPRPEFetched: 10/27/2026