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Job Number: 26919HullDeputyFCECTE
Department: MUNICIPAL DEPT
Opening Date: 05/29/2026
Closing Date: 9/26/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Hull Deputy Fire Chief Experience/Certification/Training & Education (ECT&E) Examination
Title: DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF
Examination Date: September 19, 2026
Deadline for Online ECT&E Claim Submission: September 26, 2026 at 11:59 pm
This is the Online Experience, Certification/Training & Education (ECT&E) Claim for the 2026 Hull Deputy Fire Chief Sole AC Examination scheduled for September 19, 2026. There is no separate fee for filing this claim. Only eligible candidates who have already submitted an application and payment to participate in the 2026 Hull Deputy Fire Chief Sole Assessment Center promotional examination scheduled for September 19, 2026, must complete this online claim. The ECT&E application is separate from the exam application and must be submitted for ECT&E credit.
ECT&E Examination Weights: ECT&E is made up of three categories and weighted as Experience 52%, Certification/Training 28% and Education 20%.
General Instructions: The ECT&E examination component asks a series of questions about a candidate's employment, supervisory experience, trainings/certifications, and education. The ECT&E guide contains instructions and examples on how to fill out the ECT&E application. Please refer to the current Deputy Fire Chief ECT&E Guide for complete instructions and examples of how to fill out the online ECT&E Claim. The guide is available on the Human Resources Division (HRD) Civil Service website at 2025 District and Deputy ECT&E Prep Guide.
Preparing & Saving Your Claim: Candidates will be able to log in, complete, and submit your online ECT&E claim up to the statutory deadline of September 26, 2026. Please be aware that once it is submitted, you will not be able to alter your online ECT&E Claim. After submission, your online ECT&E Claim will be saved in your online account, and you will have access to download or print a copy at any time. Written requests for modification of a submitted claim must be emailed to civilservice@mass.gov on or before the deadline date of September 26, 2026, and will be added to your record for this examination component.
Please email civilservice@mass.gov for any technical problems before the deadline date.
Supporting Documentation: HRD requires the submission of supporting documentation for all claims submitted in your Online ECT&E Claim. Please attach electronic copies of this documentation (such as official college transcripts, copies of licenses and certifications, etc.) to the Online ECT&E Claim or email to civilservice@mass.gov by September 26, 2026, by 11:59 pm.
Forms:
Employment Verification Form
ECT&E Preparation Guide
Outside Supervisor Form
Appeal Rights: Once you receive your examination score, you will have 17 calendar days from the emailing of your score to file an appeal of the scoring of your online ECT&E claim by statute. No new type of credit can be claimed once you submit your online ECT&E claim.
Claim Audits: After submission of your ECT&E claim AND during the life of the resulting eligible list, HRD reserves the right to conduct an audit of your ECT&E claim. Be prepared to provide copies of all supporting documentation submitted as part of this examination component to HRD or the appointing authority upon request.
An explanatory reference guide with point allocations will be made available when exam scores are released.
There is no Benefit Code
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Fire Departmental Promotional Eligibility: If you have been approved as eligible to take this exam, select your current department. If your department is not listed, please exit this application immediately and contact your employing department.

• Hull

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25 Years of Service Promotional Preference Points: Upon submission of written proof, 2.0 points will be added to the passing score of qualified individuals who have completed 25 years of service worked as of the examination date as a member of a regular fire department in Massachusetts, and who have passed an examination for promotional appointment in such force.If you are qualified for both the Veteran's Preference and the Promotional Preference for 25 years of service, please be advised that 2.0 points are the maximum allowable number of points to be added to your passing, overall (general average) examination score, and you should not claim Promotional Preference Points in this questionDo you wish to claim 25 Years of Service Promotional Preference Points?

• Yes
• No

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Verifying Experience Claims: Current department experience must be supported by a current, signed Employment Verification Form (EVF). All time must include a start and end date. Any part-time experience must be totaled by number of HOURS or it will not be credited. Totaling part-time experience in SHIFTS or as number of hours per week will not be credited. Supporting documentation may be submitted on-line through the ECT&E claim application or emailed to civilservice@mass.gov by 11:59 pm on September 26, 2026. All work experience claimed must have corresponding supporting documents as outlined in the ECT&E Preparation Guide. (Note: Resumes are not considered acceptable work verification).Outside Experience: For non-Fire positions in a private company, public organization, or a non-profit, a signed "Outside Supervisor Form" must be provided. All sections of the form must be completed to be awarded this time. See ECT&E prep guide for a link to the 2026 Outside Supervisor Form.NOTE: If a candidate owns their own company, they must complete the "Outside Supervisor Form" listed for a private company. Reference FAQ #6.Breaks in Service: HRD will only grant credit for work experience for time spent actually working within a department. The first six months (180 consecutive days) of a leave of absence can be claimed as time worked on your EVF. Leaves of absences or breaks in service for more than six months must be recorded on the EVF and will not be counted toward work experience.No Double Counting: Do not claim work experience that occurred concurrently in more than one category. Any acting, provisional and/or temporary time submitted will be deducted from the next lower rank.Rounding:* Round experience to the nearest year. Round up to the next full year if your experience is 180 days or more beyond the last full year and round down to the previous full year if your experience is less than 180 days beyond the last full year (ex. If candidate X has 1 year )*For questions that are in month ranges, select the month range that your totaled months of experience falls within. If your total experience falls in between two options, select the nearest month (rounding up if it is 16 or more days beyond the last full month and rounding down if it is less than 16 days beyond the last full month).Crediting "Acting" Service: You may choose to claim any of this experience in the following exam title: Deputy Fire Chief.Crediting "Provisional", or "Temporary After Certification" Service: You may choose to claim any of this experience in the following exam titles: Deputy Fire Chief, District Fire Chief, Fire Captain, and Fire Lieutenant.Please refer to the 2025 Deputy Fire Chief ECT&E Prep Guide for all requirements.For all employment calculations, use the written exam date of January 8, 2026.Select "Yes" to indicate you have read these instructions.

• Yes
• No

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Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of permanent Firefighter experience you have in your current department as of the examination date. Do not include time served after your first rank promotion.

• No Experience
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Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of permanent Fire Lieutenant experience you have in your current department as of the examination date.

• No Experience
• 1 year
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Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of permanent Fire Captain experience you have in your current department as of the examination date.

• No Experience
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Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of permanent District Fire Chief experience you have in your current department as of the examination date.

• No Experience
• 1 year
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• 20 or more years

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Current Department Experience: Indicate the amount of experience you have as an acting, provisional and/or temporary after certification Deputy Fire Chief in your current department.

• No acting/provisional
• 1 month up to 2 months
• 3 months up to 4 months
• 5 months up to 6 months
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• 61 months or more

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Outside Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of experience you have as a Firefighter in a fire department other than your current department.

• No Experience
• 1 year
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• 10 or more years

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Outside Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of experience you have in Fire Officer role (Lieutenant, Captain, District Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief) in a fire department other than your current department.

• No Experience
• 1 year
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• 10 or more years

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Outside Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of supervisory experience you have outside of the fire service. This includes military, maritime service and private companies.

• No Experience
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Fire Departmental Promotional Education Claim Instructions: For all Fire Departmental Promotional Exams, HRD will grant ECT&E points only for whole and conferred degrees from regionally accredited higher education institutions, and not for individual semester hours or degree credits. Semester hours earned in an unfinished degree program or in a non-degree (Certificate) program are not eligible for ECT&E credit. Only one degree can be claimed, claim your highest ranked related degree for maximum credit. If you have multiple conferred degrees and have applied the same course credits from one degree to another, HRD will grant you full ECT&E points for one degree. HRD only recognizes degrees granted by: a) regionally accredited higher education institutions in the United States; or, b) institutions outside the United States granting degrees that are recognized by one of the United States regional accrediting agencies or that are transferable to a regionally accredited higher education institution in the United States. Please note that specializations/concentrations are NOT majors and will not be credited as such.Verifying Education Claims: Applicants must submit either official transcript for which they are requesting credit OR unofficial transcript AND diploma. Official transcript must indicate that the