Common use of Readiness Clause in Contracts

Readiness. The Lansing Fire Chief will report overall readiness of the department to execute its mission to the governing bodies of the contract signatories on an annual basis. This report will summarize the mission capable rate of the department as an aggregate rate over the total number of days in the reporting period in three categories of performance: personnel/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; training and equipment. Readiness reporting is comprised of three levels of readiness: fully mission capable (FMC), mission capable (MC) and not mission capable (NMC); these ratings are applicable to each of the three performance categories. (1) Personnel/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (a) FMC: the department is manned at 90%+ of authorized spaces and is capable of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ continuous operations on a 24/7 basis using fully certified and trained firefighters without resorting to overtime; (b) MC: the department is manned at 75%+ of authorized spaces and is capable of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ continuous operations on a 24/7 basis with fully certified and trained firefighters only through the use of overtime; (c) NMC: the department is manned at < 75% of authorized spaces and is not capable of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ continuous operations of a 24/7 basis, even with the use of overtime