one week or more; injury duty; during a holiday week or armed forces/reserve duty
for one week or more; or personal leave for one week or more.
3, With prior approval of the Chief or the Chief’s designee, employees
covered by Article 14, A may be allowed to attend applicable job related training
while on duty without having to use their own leave time.
B. — Effective March 29, 2012, Fire Privates, Fire Lieutenants and Fire
Captains shall work an average forty-two (42) hours per week on an eight week
cycle. The following provisions shall apply:
1. For any piece of apparatus which is designated by the Fire
Commissioners as being in service for 24 hours per day:
a. Those personnel who are on duty as a result of the 24-hour
service period of that piece of fire apparatus shall work a schedule of one ten
(10) hour day shift, followed by one fourteen (14) hour night shift, followed
by forty-eight (48) hours off, followed by one ten (10) hour day shift,
followed by one fourteen (14) hour night shift, followed by ninety-six (96)
hours off. The cycle then repeats itself.
b. The ten-hour day shift shall commence at 0800 hours.
C. Personnel shall receive not less than fourteen (14) days’ notice
of any transfer of eight (8) weeks or longer. This provision may be waived
by agreement of the Union and Nashua Fire Rescue administration.
2. For any piece of apparatus which is designated by the Fire
Commissioners as being in service for less than 24 hours per day, the schedule will
be discussed with the Union and will be no more than 12 hours per shift. The
positions involved will be manned in the following manner and sequence:
a. The schedule and a description of the positions as finally
determined by the Fire Commission will be posted for 30 days in order that
members of the bargaining unit may offer to fill the positions first on a full-
time permanent basis and then on a permanent overtime basis. Those who
are named to a permanent overtime assignment under this paragraph shall no
longer be eligible for inclusion on the voluntary overtime list under Article
15.
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