Trade Policy. A firefighter may trade with a firefighter and a captain may trade with a captain. Whether the individual is a paramedic will not be taken into account in granting or denying a trade, so long as there will be no need to hire back a firefighter/paramedic in order to have sufficient firefighter/paramedics on duty, should a trade be granted. A Shift Chief may trade with another Shift Chief or with a Fire Captain who is a member of a pool of Acting Shift Chiefs established by the Fire Chief. Effective March 1, 2005, a Fire Captain may trade with an Acting Captain, with a maximum of one such trade per shift. Trades under this provision will be approved on a first come, first approved basis. There shall be a maximum of twelve (12) exchange of duty trades (288 hours) per year per employee. Exchange of tours of duty shall not exceed three consecutive tours of duty and may not be bridged by any other form of paid or unpaid time off, except that bridging of three trades or less shall be permissible. Each trade of tours of duty must be repaid within 12 months of the trade. Exchange of Xxxxx Days must be completed within the calendar year. In addition to the foregoing, the parties agree that if administrative problems arise concerning shift trade rules and regulations, the parties will use their best efforts to resolve these differences at labor-management meetings pursuant to the labor contract.
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