Emergency Leave Definition. Emergency Leave may be granted in situations where a firefighter or family member of a firefighter experiences a sudden and unexpected illness, injury, accident, home mechanical failure, or other domestic problem wherein the firefighter must leave duty to prevent more severe illness, injury, and/or monetary loss to the firefighter or his/her family.
Emergency Leave Definition. Emergency leave is compensated leave which is deducted from an employee's sick leave balance. Emergency leave will be limited to a maximum of four (4) work days per year. In case of an emergency as defined below it shall be the responsibility of the employee to notify their immediate supervisor as soon as possible regarding their absence. In order for an absence to be considered for emergency leave, the written application to the Superintendent/designee must be made within ten (10) calendar days of return to work.
