Hours of Work and EDO’s
Section A – Normal Work Hours. The Fire Department operates on a “tour of duty” schedule, which consists of twenty-four (24) hours on duty followed by forty-eight (48) consecutive hours off duty. Tour shifts will begin at 07:30 hours and end at 07:30 hours the following day. The Fire Chief may also designate employees to work other schedules consistent with the effective operations of the Department. Such other employees may include the following: (1) Fire Inspector whose normal shift shall be forty (40) hours per week, Monday through Friday with mandatory training and (2) Relief Personnel whose normal shift is forty (40) hours per week with days and times varying from week to week. [The relief personnel may be assigned to supplement tour of duty personnel by covering shifts or portions of shifts that are shorthanded due to absence or providing additional coverage during peak service demand time as identified by the Fire Chief. It is not intended that the hiring of relief personnel will decrease the number of tour of duty personnel nor shall current personnel be transferred to a relief position without their consent.] Section B – Earned Days Off (EDO’s) All employees assigned to a 24/48-hour shift shall take twelve (12) EDO’s, during each calendar year. Each EDO shall be taken during the employee’s twenty-eight (28) day work periods where the total number of worked hours would otherwise be at their highest (two 120-hour pay periods within the 28-day cycle). EDO’s shall be scheduled prior to their use and only one (1) EDO is permitted in any 28-day cycle. Only one (1) person per shift maybe off on an EDO, unless waived by the Chief. Each day off shall be scheduled by the individual employee (with consent of the Fire Chief) in coordination with the Department’s xxxxxxx schedule. Employees may select their EDO’s by seniority provided no more than one (1) employee is off per shift (which restriction may be waived by the Fire Chief). Taking of the EDO’s shall be mandatory and shall not be carried over from year to year. New employees will receive EDOs prorated according to their hire date. EDOs must be used in the manner described above in this Article.
