Common use of Injury On Duty Compensation Clause in Contracts

Injury On Duty Compensation. A member of the bargaining unit injured while on a fire call, simulation of fire ground tactics, pre-fire exercise or community wide training exercises to an extent requiring medical attention by a physician, and certified by said physician to be unable to return to duty, shall be entitled to receive up to four (4) work shifts of injured on duty compensation in lieu of sick leave. "Injured on duty compensation" shall mean compensation at the member's then current rate of pay. "Fire call" shall mean the period from receipt of alarm to return to station and certification by the officer in charge that fire and rescue units are re-equipped and back in service. A fire call shall include response to emergency, rescue, false alarms, and fires. The City shall be entitled to any worker's compensation payments paid to the member for lost wages as a result of the injury.