Westchester Civil Service Firefighter Re-Hire Question

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Out of curiosity, if a firefighter under Westchester Civil Service rule, leaves the department, and wants to get re-hired in another department a couple of years later, do they have to go through the civil service process again?

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Yes. There are only two ways to go between departments, a transfer, which needs to be agreed upon by the department you are leaving, by the department you are going too, by Westchester County Civil Service and by the firefighter requesting the transfer. When you do a transfer you have protection where as if the department doesn’t retain you during the mandatory 12 weeks probation the department you came from has to take you back.

The second is a resignation reinstatement. In this case all the same parties must agree with the exception of the department you are leaving. You resign from you department on 1/1/13 and Westchester County Civil Service reinstates you in the new department on 1/1/13. In this case, if you don’t pass your 12 weeks probation you are out of luck & a job.

In any case after 1being out year or more, you must start from scratch.