5207
HOWARD COUNTY

EQUIVALENCE TEST, WITH A MINIMUM OF TWENTY-TWO (22) YEARS
OF AGE. MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED FOUR (4) YEARS
OF PAID FIREFIGHTER SERVICE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING ONE (1)
YEAR AS A HOWARD COUNTY PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER.

SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED FIREFIGHTING, AMBULANCE, AND
RESCUE TRAINING COURSES AS PRESCRIBED BY THE FIRE
ADVISORY BOARD. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: POSSESSION OF

MARYLAND CLASS "B" DRIVER'S LICENSE.        MUST HAVE SERVED

SATISFACTORILY FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE (1) YEAR
IN THE NEXT LOWER GRADE OF RESPONSIBILITY, OR ANY
EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

(810)  POLICE SERGEANT

MUST HAVE PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY IN GRADE OF
CORPORAL FOR AT LEAST ONE (1) YEAR PRIOR TO BEING
ELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION.

(811)  FIREFIGHTER LIEUTENANT

GRADUATION FROM A RECOGNIZED HIGH SCHOOL OR GENERAL
EQUIVALENCE TEST, WITH A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF
TWENTY-SIX (26) YEARS OF AGE. MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED EIGHT (8) YEARS OF PAID FIREFIGHTER SERVICE
EXPERIENCE. SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED FIREFIGHTING,
AMBULANCE AND RESCUE TRAINING AS PRESCRIBED BY THE FIRE
ADVISORY BOARD AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TWELVE
(12) COLLEGE SEMESTER HOURS IN FIRE TECHNOLOGY COURSE
WORK. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: POSSESSION OF MARYLAND CLASS
"B" DRIVER'S LICENSE. MUST HAVE SERVICE SATISFACTORILY
FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE (1) YEAR IN THE NEXT
LOWER GRADE OF RESPONSIBILITY OR COMPARABLE LEVEL OF
RESPONSIBILITY, OR ANY EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

(812)  POLICE LIEUTENANT

MUST HAVE REMAINED IN THE GRADE OF SERGEANT FOR AT
LEAST TWO (2) YEARS PRIOR TO BEING ELIGIBLE. MUST HAVE
AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN POLICE OR BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION; OR MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE F. B. I.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OR ONE OF THE NUMEROUS SPECIALIZED
POLICE ADMINISTRATOR COURSES GIVEN BY SEVERAL COLLEGES AS
APPROVED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE; OR ANY EQUIVALENT
COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

(813)  FIREFIGHTER CAPTAIN

GRADUATION FROM A RECOGNIZED HIGH SCHOOL OR GENERAL
EQUIVALENCE TEST, WITH A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF
TWENTY-EIGHT (28) YEARS OF AGE. MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED TEN (10) YEARS OF PAID FIREFIGHTER SERVICE
EXPERIENCE OF WHICH TWO (2) YEARS WERE SERVED AS A HOWARD
COUNTY FIRE SERVICE LIEUTENANT, AND MUST HAVE