Volunteer Firefighters. Emergency Medical Technician/Natural Disaster Leave. Employees who notify their supervisor in advance that they are Emergency Medical Technicians or members of volunteer fire departments may be granted leave to respond to calls. Leave may also be granted to Red Cross, Civil Defense or First Responder volunteers in the event of a natural disaster or other catastrophe.
Volunteer Firefighters. A. Employees who participate as volunteer firefighters at their work site shall be compensated with an additional ten dollars ($10) each pay period.
Volunteer Firefighters. Where an Employee is a volunteer firefighter and the Employer approves the Employee leave during the shift, the Employee will suffer no loss of regular pay while performing their duties as a volunteer firefighter responding to an emergency call.
Volunteer Firefighters. Subject to the approval of the Employer, an employee may leave during her shift for the purpose of fulfilling her emergency duties as a volunteer firefighter. The employee shall not suffer any loss of pay while performing volunteer firefighter duties and shall be able to respond accordingly to emergency calls.
Volunteer Firefighters subject to operational requirements, every consideration will be given to granting a leave of absence with pay to an employee who is a registered member of a volunteer fire department or volunteer ground search and rescue organization and who is called out during work hours.
Volunteer Firefighters. The Company will recognize and pay individuals for a full shift whom are late to work because they were performing emergency services to their local community. This however, will not apply to individuals who are absent for an entire shift due to their involvement in this service.
Volunteer Firefighters. Volunteer firefighters shall be permitted to answer fire calls without loss of time prior to the actual departure of the bus from the point of origin of the run. In such event a substitute driver will be utilized to take over the run. However, at no time will a volunteer firefighter be permitted to leave the bus once the trip is underway or in the absence of a qualified substitute driver.
Volunteer Firefighters. If an employee covered by this agreement is a volunteer firefighter and is late reporting for regularly scheduled work due to their response to a fire or rescue emergency call, the officer will not lose pay for such tardiness. This provision will not apply to scheduled meetings or training classes.
Volunteer Firefighters. All members of the bargaining committee shall be active volunteer firefighters and shall have completed probation.
Volunteer Firefighters. There shall not be deducted from the salary of an employee who is a volunteer firefighter any pay for the period of time he/she is engaged in fighting a fire, provided he/she has been called for such duty by the officer in charge of the fire company. Said employee may be required to return to work to accomplish or finish an assignment when, in the opinion of his/her immediate supervisor, said assignment is of an emergency nature. The amount of time an employee spends in his/her capacity as a volunteer firefighter shall not be counted when determining those hours which are to be compensated at the overtime rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the employee’s regular hourly rate.
