Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Attrition System for the Uniformed Personnel of the BFP and the BJMP. - There shall be established a system of attrition for the uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BJMP within one (1) year from the effectivty of this Act to be submitted by said bureaus to the DILG for approval. Such attrition system shall include, but is not limited to, the provision of the following principles:

a) Attrition by Demotion in Position or Rank. Any uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BJMP who is relieved and assigned to a position lower than that is established for his/her grade in the respective staffing pattern of the Fire Bureau and the Jail Bureau, and who shall not be assigned to a position commensurate to his/her grade within two (2) years after such demotion in position shall be separated or retired from the service;

b) Attrition by Non-Promotion. Any uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BJMP who has not been promoted for a continuous period of ten (10) years shall be separated or retired from the service, except for those who are occupying a third-level position;

c) Attrition by Other Means. Any uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BJMP with at least five (5) years of accumulated active service shall be separated from the service based on any of the following factors:

1) Inefficiency based on poor performance during the last two (2) successive semestral ratings period;

2) Inefficiency based on poor performance for three (3) cumulative semestral rating period;

3) Physical and/or mental incapacity to perform his/her duties and functions; or

4) Failure to complete the required career courses and/or appropriate civil service eligibility for his/her position except for justifiable; and

d) Separation or Retirement from the Fire Bureau and the Jail Bureau under this Section. Any personnel who is dismissed from the BFP and the BJMP pursuant to the above-enumerated principles in this Section shall be separated if he/she has rendered less than twenty (20) years of service, and be retired if he/she has rendered at least twenty (20) years of service unless the concerned personnel is disqualified by law to receive such benefits.