Friday Deadline
WEBB COUNTY, TEXAS, (Laredo area) HIRED Jerry Arizola to be their Fire and EMS Coordinator a year ago. Part of his probationary conditions were to pass the State mandated firefighter recertification test along with the department head/management certification. Chief Arizola passed the FF certification test ok, but he has been having trouble with the management test.
Chief Arizola (Laredo Sun photo)
He has taken it twice and failed both times. This Friday, September 30 is the deadline for his probation and he has taken the test again recently for the third time. He and the county officials are waiting now for the results of this last attempt.
KGNS-TV filed this video report on the situation:
Assistant Fire Chief Jose Flores told KGNS-TV that they are unsure what will happen if Arizola flunks the test again. "Well, right now, everything is up in the air. We know that he had until September 30th to have both certificates, which is management and certificate for the fire dept. We're just going to have to wait for that. It's up to the commissioners in that situation." County officials has expressed satisfaction with Arizola's performance on the job, but say that if he fails this latest attempt, then they will begin advertising to refill the position.
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