Conversion Period. If an employee retires on a disability, the insurance is still enforced. If an employee goes on an unpaid leave of absence for more than thirty (30) Days, such life insurance shall be continued provided such employee pays the premium for his/her coverage. For the purposes of this Article, call back is defined as the call back to duty of an employee after he or she has reported off duty and before their next following tour of duty. When an employee is called back to duty with 72 hours’ notice or greater, they shall be paid a minimum of two (2) hours and hourly thereafter at time and one half for the classification of work they were called back for. When an employee is called back to duty with less than 72 hours’ notice, they shall be paid in units of two (2) hours for up to four (4) hours and hourly thereafter at time and one-half for the classification of work they were called back for. Call back shall only be operative when issued by Commissioners, the Chief, Assistant Chief, the EMS Director, Assistant EMS Director, Fire Captains, or in their absence, the commanding officer in charge. When needed and authorized by the Chief, Assistant Chief, or officer in charge (as per contract), the “appropriate shift”* will be notified with a pre-determined number of personnel to be called back to duty. Should additional manpower be needed, the same procedure will be followed. For incidents of 2nd alarm or greater, an entire shift’s personnel will be automatically called for each greater alarm. Each person called back will sign in the log book and note that it is callback and the time he/she was notified. Each person will then report to the officer in charge for assignment. *Appropriate shift will be defined as follows; 24 hour shift calls opposing shift. Example 1 working calls 2, 3 working calls 4. Day shift members will be called as follows: M-Th staff called from 7am Saturday thru 7 am Sunday T-F staff called 7am Sunday thru 7am Monday M-F staff called 5pm Saturday thru 5pm Sunday It is recognized that circumstances will arise where personnel with specialized training, or specialized teams, will be required to mitigate an incident. When these incidents occur, the commanding officer in charge is authorized to callback any individual, or groups of personnel, whose specialized training will be required at the incident scene. Compensation shall be as outlined above.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Conversion Period. If an employee retires on a disability, the insurance is still enforced. If an employee goes on an unpaid leave of absence for more than thirty (30) Days, such life insurance shall be continued continued, provided such employee pays the premium for his/her coverage. For the purposes of this Article, call back is defined as the call back to duty of an employee after he or she has reported off duty duty, and before their next following tour of duty. When an employee is called back to duty with 72 hours’ notice or greater, they shall be paid a minimum of two (2) hours hours, and hourly thereafter at time and one half for the classification of work they were called back for. When an employee is called back to duty with less than 72 hours’ notice, they shall be paid in units of two (2) hours for up to four (4) hours hours, and hourly thereafter at time and one-half for the classification of work they were called back for. Call back shall only be operative when issued by Commissioners, the Chief, Deputy Chief, Assistant Chief, the EMS Director, Assistant EMS Director, Fire CaptainsBattalion Chiefs, or in their absence, the commanding officer in charge. When needed and authorized by the Chief, Deputy Chief, Assistant Chief, Battalion Chief or officer in charge (as per contract), the “appropriate shift”* will be notified with a pre-determined number of personnel to will be called back to duty. Should additional manpower be needed, the same procedure will be followed. For incidents of 2nd alarm or greater, an entire shift’s personnel will be automatically called for each greater alarm. Each person called back will sign in the log book and note that it is callback and the time he/she was notified. Each person will then report to the officer in charge for assignment. *Appropriate shift will be defined as follows; 24 hour shift calls opposing shift. Example 1 working calls 2, 3 working calls 4. Day shift members will be called as follows: M-Th staff called from 7am Saturday thru 7 am Sunday T-F staff called 7am Sunday thru 7am Monday M-F staff called 5pm Saturday thru 5pm Sunday It is recognized that circumstances will arise where personnel with specialized training, or specialized teams, will be required to mitigate an incident. When these incidents occur, the commanding officer in charge is authorized to callback any individual, or groups of personnel, whose specialized training will be required at the incident scene. Compensation shall be as outlined above.. WORKING OUT OF CLASSIFICATION Working out of classification occurs when a unit member is assigned to work as a Battalion Chief, Captain, Lieutenant, or Firefighter Mechanic/Firefighter Equipment Mechanic when the unit member does not hold such title. A unit member who works out of classification shall receive the base hourly rate of the out of classification position for the applicable shift. For example, if a Captain covers the Lieutenant vacancy, he or she shall be paid at the Lieutenant base rate of pay when serving in that capacity. If a Lieutenant covers the Captain vacancy, he or she shall be paid at the Captain base rate of pay when serving in that capacity. When a scheduled Battalion Chief’s vacancy occurs, an off-duty Battalion Chief shall fill the position. In the event that no off-duty Battalion Chief accepts the position, the scheduled group Captains shall be offered to work as an acting Battalion Chief in order of seniority. In the event that no scheduled group Captain accepts the acting Battalion Chief position, the remaining off-duty Captains shall be offered to work as acting Battalion Chief. No Lieutenant or Firefighter shall work as a Battalion Chief. When a scheduled Captain’s vacancy occurs, an off-duty Captain shall fill the position. In the event that no off-duty Captain accepts the position, the scheduled group Lieutenants shall be offered to work as Acting Captain in order of seniority. In the event that no scheduled group Lieutenant accepts the Acting Captain position, the remaining off-duty Lieutenants shall be offered to work as Acting Captain. No Firefighter shall work as a Captain. When a scheduled Lieutenant’s vacancy occurs, an off-duty Lieutenant shall fill that position. In the event that no off-duty Lieutenant accepts the position, the off-duty Captains shall be offered the vacant Lieutenant position. In the event that no off-duty Captain or off-duty Lieutenant accepts the vacant Lieutenant position, the position of Acting Lieutenant shall be offered to the scheduled Firefighters, whose names appear on the current Civil Service Promotional list for Lieutenant, in declining order of seniority. Seniority will be based on appointment as a Firefighter in the Arlington Fire District. If no scheduled Firefighter, whose name appears on the current Civil Service Promotional list for Lieutenant, accepts the position, or if no scheduled Firefighter meets the above criteria, then the position of Acting Lieutenant shall be offered to off-duty Firefighters whose names appear on the current Civil Service Promotional list for Lieutenant, subject to the applicable overtime guidelines. No Battalion Chief shall work as a Lieutenant. Firefighter Mechanic/Firefighter Equipment Mechanic vacancies shall be filled in accordance with Article XXXIII, § 2. Any unit member in the job title of Firefighter Mechanic/Firefighter Equipment Mechanic who is assigned by the Chief or his/her designee to assume the majority of the responsibilities of the Master Mechanic position for a period of fourteen (14) consecutive work days, shall receive the base hourly rate of the Master Mechanic position for the applicable shifts, retroactive to the first day he or she assumed the majority of the responsibilities. EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE PAY All District personnel, except Paramedics and Fire Equipment Mechanics, are required to have Certified First Responder (or equivalent) and CPR cards, at minimum. If a Firefighter’s CFR, EMT, or AEMT-P status expires due to failure to obtain re-certification, they shall be allowed six
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Conversion Period. If an employee retires on a disability, the insurance is still enforced. If an employee goes on an unpaid leave of absence for more than thirty (30) Days, such life insurance shall be continued provided such employee pays the premium for his/her coverage. For the purposes of this Article, call back is defined as the call back to duty of an employee after he or she has reported off duty and before their next following tour of duty. When an employee is called back to duty with 72 hours’ notice or greater, they shall be paid a minimum of two (2) hours and hourly thereafter at time and one half for the classification of work they were called back for. When an employee is called back to duty with less than 72 hours’ notice, they shall be paid in units of two (2) hours for up to four (4) hours and hourly thereafter at time and one-half for the classification of work they were called back for. Call back shall only be operative when issued by Commissioners, the Chief, Assistant Chief, the EMS Director, Assistant EMS Director, Fire Captains, or in their absence, the commanding officer in charge. When needed and authorized by the Chief, Assistant Chief, or officer in charge (as per contract), the “appropriate shift”* will be notified with a pre-determined number of personnel to be called back to duty. Should additional manpower be needed, the same procedure will be followed. For incidents of 2nd alarm or greater, an entire shift’s personnel will be automatically called for each greater alarm. Each person called back will sign in the log book and note that it is callback and the time he/she was notified. Each person will then report to the officer in charge for assignment. *Appropriate shift will be defined as follows; 24 hour shift calls opposing shift. Example 1 working calls 2, 3 working calls 4. Day shift members will be called as follows: M-Th staff called from 7am Saturday thru 7 am Sunday T-F staff called 7am Sunday thru 7am Monday M-F staff called 5pm Saturday thru 5pm Sunday It is recognized that circumstances will arise where personnel with specialized training, or specialized teams, will be required to mitigate an incident. When these incidents occur, the commanding officer in charge is authorized to callback any individual, or groups of personnel, whose specialized training will be required at the incident scene. Compensation shall be as outlined above. Working out of classification occurs when a unit member is assigned to work as a Captain, Lieutenant, or Firefighter Mechanic when the unit member does not hold such title. A unit member who works out of classification shall receive the base hourly rate of the out of classification position for the applicable shift. For example, if a Captain covers the Lieutenant vacancy, he or she shall be paid at the Lieutenant base rate of pay when serving in that capacity. If a Lieutenant covers the Captain vacancy, he or she shall be paid at the Captain base rate of pay when serving in that capacity. When a scheduled Captain’s vacancy occurs, an off-duty Captain shall fill the position. In the event that no off-duty Captain accepts the position, the scheduled group Lieutenants shall be offered to work as Acting Captain in order of seniority. In the event that no scheduled group Lieutenant accepts the Acting Captain position, the remaining off-duty Lieutenants shall be offered to work as Acting Captain. When a scheduled Lieutenant’s vacancy occurs, an off-duty Lieutenant shall fill that position. In the event that no off-duty Lieutenant accepts the position, the off-duty Captains shall be offered the vacant Lieutenant position. In the event that no off-duty Captain or off-duty Lieutenant accepts the vacant Lieutenant position, the position of Acting Lieutenant shall be offered to the schedule Firefighters, whose names appear on the current Civil Service Promotional list for Lieutenant, in declining order of seniority. Seniority will be based on appointment as a Firefighter in the Arlington Fire District. If no scheduled Firefighter, whose name appears on the current Civil Service Promotional list for Lieutenant, accepts the position, or if no scheduled Firefighter meets the above criteria, then the position of Acting Lieutenant shall be offered to off-duty Firefighters whose names appear on the current Civil Service Promotional list for Lieutenant, subject to the applicable overtime guidelines. Firefighter Mechanic vacancies shall be filled in accordance with Article XXXII, § 2. Any unit member in the job title of Firefighter Mechanic who is assigned by the Chief or his/her designee to assume the majority of the responsibilities of the Master Mechanic position for a period of fourteen (14) consecutive work days, shall receive the base hourly rate of the Master Mechanic position for the applicable shifts retroactive to the first day he or she assumed the majority of the responsibilities.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement