2021 ANNUAL REPORT

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

Personnel Services

Uniformed New Hire Recruitment

Twenty twenty-one kicked off with Recruit Class 29 starting on January 4 th . While Recruit Class 29 was in session, we opened another hiring process resulting in 1,731 applicants that would yield candidates for Recruit Classes 30 and 31, which both began on July 26, 2021. Between those 3 recruit classes the Division graduated 61 Firefighter/EMT’s. The remaining candidates from the eligibility list were selected to comprise Recruit Class 32, which begins on February 28, 2022, with 30 recruits.

With the exhaustion of the Winter 2021 hiring process eligibility list, preparations for a new hiring process in Summer 2022 are underway.

Overall, one hiring process was completed in 2021, candidates for 3 recruit classes were selected, the graduation of 1 recruit class was completed, and preparations for a 2022 hiring process were made.

Throughout 2021, the division underwent 50 separations from employment of its current personnel. Of those, 24 were from recruit resignations, medical separations, and terminations related to academics. Twelve were regular resignation submissions, 8 were from eligible retirements, 3 from termination, and 3 are attributed to the tragic loss of our three brothers: Battalion Chief Joshua Laird, Battalion Chief Christopher Morlan, and Firefighter David Esposito.

Uniformed Promotions (Competitive and Non-Competitive)

With the expiration of the 2019 Battalion Chief promotional eligibility list, a promotional process was conducted in late 2021 which yielded 5 eligible candidates for promotion. During 2021, 4 of the 7 eligible Captain candidates were promoted utilizing the 2020 Captain Eligibility List. In conjunction with those promotions, 10 of the 18 eligible Lieutenant candidates were promoted utilizing the 2020 Lieutenant Eligibility List. A Technician promotional process was administered in June of 2021 and yielded 19 eligible candidates, of which 10 were promoted to the rank of Technician in 2021. All eligibility lists, with the exception of the Battalion Chief list, will be exhausted in 2022 which has led to the development of a Captain, Lieutenant, and Technician process beginning. Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue was also awarded additional uniformed positions to include: ➢ BLS Quality Assurance Lieutenant ➢ EMS Captain ➢ CDL Driver Trainer Technician ➢ Firefighter III Training

➢ Station 10 was approved for full time staffing ➢ Station 28 was approved for full time staffing