Fire Prevention Bureau. 30.01 The existing Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Division of Fire is hereby maintained. The Bureau shall operate under the supervision of the Fire Inspector Captain senior ranking inspector and control of the Fire Chief. The Fire Prevention Bureau shall be staffed by the Fire Inspector Captain and two Inspectors.
Fire Prevention Bureau. A. The parties agree that prior to assigning an employee to fill a position in the Fire Prevention Bureau, provided the regular work week for said position is forty (40) hours, the Chief shall post a notice of the opening on the Bulletin Boards. Employees within the Department may express interest in the position to the Chief, in writing, within ten (10) days of the date of the posting of the notice.
Fire Prevention Bureau. Assignment to the Fire Prevention Bureau requires three years of service in a Local 689 classification and a three (3) year commitment, whether an employee volunteers or is required through mandatory procedure to serve in the Bureau. An employee may qualify using service with another public agency if the employee has one year of service with the City, and in addition either (a) a total of three years working with a Firefighter II certification or (b) possesses a California State Fire Xxxxxxxx Fire Inspector certification. The Association agrees that if one or more Inspector position remains vacant, through reassignment, promotion, completion of commitment, retirement, or separation, or for a period of eight (8) weeks from posting of the position and no qualified employee volunteers for the position, the City has the right to “civilianize” one of the inspector positions and have that one positions removed from the IAFF Local 689 represented bargaining unit. In this circumstance, Local 689 waives any meet and confer or other rights to contest removal of this position from the bargaining unit. If the remaining two sworn Inspector positions become vacant and there are no volunteers to fill the vacancies, the Fire Chief will select the employee with the lowest department seniority in the rank appropriate for the position among those with at least three years of service in a Local 689 classification.
Fire Prevention Bureau. Section 21.1. The Bureau shall be under the supervision of the Chief of Fire. Any employee within the Bureau will be referred to as a Fire Prevention Officer (FPO).
Fire Prevention Bureau. Subject to Sections 10.2 and 10.3 above, should it be necessary in the Village’s judgment to establish individual schedules for employees assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau departing from the normal work day, normal work week, or the normal work cycle, or to change the shift schedule of an employee or employees, the Village will give, if practicable, at least 24 hours’ advance notice of such change to all employees whose normal work day, normal work week, and/or normal work cycle is changed. Employees shall not be required to alter their normally scheduled hours of work without their consent in order to prevent such employees from being eligible for overtime pay. Notwithstanding the foregoing, flextime work schedules for employees assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the employee and the Fire Chief or his designee.
Fire Prevention Bureau. As long as lieutenants continue to be assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau the Village agrees to continue its existing practices with respect to such assignments. Lieutenants will not be assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau for punitive reasons.
Fire Prevention Bureau. 16.1 It is the intent of this section that personnel assigned to the Bureau shall have the same benefits accorded like rank or pay classification within the Department except as stipulated herein or as may apply to a forty (40) hour per week employee (such as furlough leave). The City shall have the right to schedule all employees assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau to be on duty four l0-hour days per week or five 8-hour days per week.
Fire Prevention Bureau. Where there is a permanent vacancy in the Fire Prevention Bureau (“FPB”), which the Village has decided to fill, the assignment to the FPB shall be made by the Fire Chief in the following order:
Fire Prevention Bureau. The fire prevention bureau shall be responsible for the fire prevention, investigation and inspection and instruction drills, and to include all other matters relating thereto. The fire prevention bureau shall consist of a permanently assigned Deputy Chief Captain and a permanently assigned firefighter. (Captain may be filled with a Deputy Chief until attrition of the rank of Deputy Chief).
Fire Prevention Bureau. A. Employees permanently promoted to the Fire Prevention Bureau before the ratification of the 2017-2019 contract: The City will offer the opportunity to complete the Fire Inspector I classes, as well as the eighty (80) hour Fire and Arson Investigation classes. These classes will be completed within two (2) years of promotion to the Fire Inspector position. Fire Inspectors will be required to obtain the State of Michigan Certification for Fire Inspector I within three (3) years of hire into the position. Fire Inspector II classes will be offered to Fire Inspectors based on operational needs and fiscal considerations as determined by the Chief. Fire Inspectors may be offered the opportunity to complete Plan Review classes. The Chief will determine if and when a Fire Inspector will be offered the opportunity to take the class based on operational needs and fiscal considerations. The Fire Xxxxxxxx shall be required to complete all of the above-referenced classes within the first year in the position, if he/she has not already done so. The City will pay for the cost of the Fire Prevention Training when approved. Employees attending approved training on duty days will be paid at the regular rate and released from duty for the period of the training. Employees attending approved training on a non-duty day will be paid at regular rate or at the rate of time and one half, whichever is applicable, based on the employee’s hours worked in the 40 hour week. Overtime pay may be paid in cash or in compensatory time at the employee’s request.
