Legally, per the RSA, there are no training or education requirements to be a fire chief. It's up to the municipality to have a written job description outlining the duties, education, and certifications required for the job. It's actually not unheard of that some small towns in NH where the chief is "elected" by the department members, there is no job description at the town level, since the BOS is usually just a consent vote that they agree with the FD members on who their leader should be.
Same thing applies to the Deputy Chief. You are only required to have a CPR certification if you hold an EMS license of any level, unless the town has a specific policy or its written in a job description that a CPR cert is required.
There are no state training or certification requirements for call and volunteer firefighters.
Are we assuming that the current Chief, Curry, is not certified, was the building inspector certified?
Does it matter?
We’re talking 3 Chiefs ago….
Sadly, at this point we have all become fully aware that ‘the Town’ has a well documented history of taking spurious statements and running with them head first into a wall.
I now wonder what the former Chief or his attorneys have to say about these new, and seemingly spontaneous allegations that he wasn’t a certified firefighter……
Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not.
Considering the Chief was terminated over a year ago, maybe ‘the town’ or this appointed official, should ask themselves if it even matters at this point?
Like the the previous commenter mentioned this is nothing more than someone attempting to stir up more drama, as if Nottingham has a shortage of that!
Where’s the 91A request about the Town Beach deal?
Legally, per the RSA, there are no training or education requirements to be a fire chief. It's up to the municipality to have a written job description outlining the duties, education, and certifications required for the job. It's actually not unheard of that some small towns in NH where the chief is "elected" by the department members, there is no job description at the town level, since the BOS is usually just a consent vote that they agree with the FD members on who their leader should be.
Same thing applies to the Deputy Chief. You are only required to have a CPR certification if you hold an EMS license of any level, unless the town has a specific policy or its written in a job description that a CPR cert is required.
People grasping at straws to drum up drama.
There are no state training or certification requirements for call and volunteer firefighters.
Are we assuming that the current Chief, Curry, is not certified, was the building inspector certified?
Does it matter?
We’re talking 3 Chiefs ago….
Sadly, at this point we have all become fully aware that ‘the Town’ has a well documented history of taking spurious statements and running with them head first into a wall.
I now wonder what the former Chief or his attorneys have to say about these new, and seemingly spontaneous allegations that he wasn’t a certified firefighter……
Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not.
Considering the Chief was terminated over a year ago, maybe ‘the town’ or this appointed official, should ask themselves if it even matters at this point?
Like the the previous commenter mentioned this is nothing more than someone attempting to stir up more drama, as if Nottingham has a shortage of that!
Where’s the 91A request about the Town Beach deal?