Filling of a Temporary Vacancy. The duration of a temporary vacancy shall not exceed six (6) months without mutual agreement of the Company and the Union to extend.
Filling of a Temporary Vacancy. This situation is intended to cover long term vacancies of one month or more such as leaves of absence, on the job injuries and/or extended sick leave a firefighter from an unaffected battalion may volunteer to fill the vacant position after the need for the vacancy has been posted. The specific criteria (such as rank and EMS licensure level) will be identified in the posting and only those that fit the criteria may apply. The vacancy will be posted for two work cycles (8 days). Any firefighter who would like to volunteer to fill the temporary vacancy shall do so in writing to the Deputy Chief. The volunteer with the most seniority will be selected. Should no firefighter volunteer to fill the temporary vacancy, then the Chief will select a firefighter to do so from an unaffected battalion. Those firefighters filling temporary vacancies may take previously selected vacations and floating holidays, even though it will cause a decrease in the apparatus staffing for those days. The Chief will take into consideration other types of negative impacts the firefighter may have when filling the temporary vacancy. The firefighter who is assigned to fill the temporary vacancy will go back to his previous assignment when the absent firefighter returns to the department or the vacancy becomes permanent. If the bidding for the temporary vacancy creates a non-EMS pump/rescue, refer to Sec. 2-5.
