Weekend Guard/Standby Duty. Beginning the first week of July and until Labour Day each year, each volunteer and composite station shall assign two volunteers to be on Weekend Guard duty at a time. Weekend Guard shall commence at 7:00 p.m. on Friday and conclude on 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Weekend Guard will be extended to include public holidays when such holidays occur on a Friday or Monday. Each shift of weekend guard shall be twenty-four (24) hours long, and generally only one volunteer assigned to each shift. The Captains at the volunteer and composite stations shall assign which volunteers shall serve but the volunteers assigned must possess a valid DZ license and shall not be a probationary volunteer firefighter. Payment for weekend guard shall be at the flat rate, per day, as identified in Schedule “A”, above. The above shall not apply at Copper Cliff (Station #5), unless or until the Employer decides to introduce weekend coverage at that station. In the event that the Fire Chief determines that a station or district need provide stand-by duty for any other reason, the provisions above shall apply.
Weekend Guard/Standby Duty. Beginning the first week of July and until Labour Day each year, each volunteer and composite station shall assign two volunteers to be on Weekend Guard duty at a time. Weekend Guard shall commence at 7:00 p.m. on Friday and conclude on 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Weekend Guard will be extended to include public holidays when such holidays occur on a Friday or Monday. The Captains at the volunteer and composite stations shall assign which volunteers shall serve but the volunteers assigned must possess a valid DZ license and shall not be a probationary volunteer firefighter. Payment for weekend guard shall be at the flat rate, per day, as identified in Schedule “A”, above. In the event that the Fire Chief determines that a station or district need provide stand-by duty for any other reason, the provisions above shall apply.
