Fire Battalion Chief definition

Fire Battalion Chief means an individual who supervises a battalion or an Orange County Fire Authority section, (e.g., Training Section).

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Fire Battalion Chief classification only: The time when an employee may take vacation shall be determined by the Fire Chief with due regard for the wishes of the employee and particular regard to the needs of service. No person shall take a vacation in excess of thirty(30) consecutive working days. The total number of accrued vacation hours which may be carried over for an employee from one calendar year to the next shall be limited to five hundred (500) hours.

Fire Battalion Chief classification only: Unused sick leave may be accumulated up to a maximum of eleven hundred twenty (1120) hours, and payment for portions of accumulated but unused sick leave will only be made in accord this section and shall be based on base salary. For purposes of this section, “base salary” shall mean a qualifying employees straight time hourly rate of pay and shall not include overtime, skill pay or other special salary differential(s) or pay.

Examples of Fire Battalion Chief in a sentence

In order to ensure that a consistent policy regarding provisional appointments is applied, the following criteria will be utilized for provisional appointment to the classifications of Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, and Fire Battalion Chief.
In the event that no Fire Battalion Chief applies for the position of Deputy Chief of Training, that position will be open to applicants from the rank of Fire Captain.
Of the three (3) impacted Fire Battalion Chief, those who have tenure in an equal or lower-paying classification, may, in accordance with CSC Rule 2010 (Lateral Movement/Displacement in Lieu of Lay-Off) and CSC Rule 2012 (Demotion in Lieu of Lay-off), elect to move to a position in an equal-paying classification or demote to a lower-paying classification, respectively.
The base salary of the classification of Fire Battalion Chief shall be at least seventeen and five-tenths percent (17.5%) higher than the base salary of the top step of the salary range for Fire Captain.
Facts and practices that occurred prior to October 28, 1994 shall not be relevant nor be used as a basis for any grievance raised by any Fire Battalion Chief.
The three (3) Fire Battalion Chiefs with the least total paid service as a Fire Battalion Chief at the time of layoff will be impacted.
The differential between Fire Captain and Fire Battalion Chief classifications is twenty-five and three-tenths percent (25.3%).
For employees in the Fire Battalion Chief classification, the OBP amount shall be one thousand nine hundred dollars ($1,900) each calendar year period.
The following classifications are included in the bargaining unit only while incumbents occupy those classifications: Firefighter, Paramedic, Driver Engineer, Rescue Lieutenant, Rescue Captain, Rescue Battalion Chief, Rescue Division Chief, Fire Lieutenant, Fire Captain, Fire Battalion Chief, and Fire Division Chief.
All personnel in the classification of Fire Battalion Chief, SPN 940, are included in the Plan.

More Definitions of Fire Battalion Chief

Fire Battalion Chief classification only: The City shall pay the cost of tuition and books for up to three (3) job-related classes of formalized study, approved in advance by the Fire Chief, per fiscal year (based on the end date of the class taken), provided the cost of said classes is no more than the tuition expenses at college-level institutions, specifically including the University of Nevada-Reno and Sacramento State and any lesser cost institution. Job-related courses shall include any classes taken toward an AA, BS, or Master’s Degree in Fire Science, Business Administration or Public Administration. The City provides this benefit for one degree program at each level, per employee (i.e. employee eligible for reimbursement of classes towards a BS degree, and then a Master’s, but not a secondary BS). To be eligible to receive tuition reimbursement benefits under this section, the court for tuition reimbursement must be approved by the City prior to the enrollment of the employee. At the conclusion of the class, the employee must re- submit their approved request form with evidence of a passing grade and receipts for eligible expenses. Classes either paid or approved for payment as of March 15, 2015 may be completed for reimbursement in this fiscal year. Any additional classes will only be eligible for reimbursement subject to the fiscal year limitation of three classes.

Fire Battalion Chief classification: Except as otherwise provided for in this section, sick leave will accrue at the rate of eight (8) hours per month for full-time employees and used in accordance with the Personnel Rules. Part-time employees shall accrue sick leave on a prorated basis, given the ratio of the budgeted workweek to full-time status. The maximum amount of sick leave that can be accumulated is five hundred twenty (520) hours. Employees shall cease to accrue additional sick leave when their accumulated sick leave balance reaches the five hundred twenty (520) hour maximum. Employees will begin accumulating sick leave at the rate specified in 5.1 once their accumulated sick leave drops below five hundred twenty (520) hours. At no time will sick leave accrual exceed the five hundred twenty (520) hour limit.

Fire Battalion Chief classification only: At such time as an FLSA non-exempt employee is promoted to an exempt classification, any compensatory time hours accrued by the employee will be paid out at the pay rate in effect prior to effective date of the promotion.

Fire Battalion Chief classification only: The City and the Association agree that those employees hired on or after January 1, 1983 will, as a condition of employment, be prohibited from using nicotine products of any kind. It is also agreed that should a covered employee violate this section, they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action up to and including discharge.