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B. Employees hired after May 1, 1996. Employees are encouraged to
reside within a fifteen (15) mile radius of the Fire Department headquarters. Any
employee who does not meet this residency requirement will not be called for
overtime unless in the opinion of the Chief or designee that employee’s services
are needed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any employee who does not
respond to a call for duty within one hour shall be considered as not having
reported for duty and no compensation will be due them.

Article 38 - SAVINGS CLAUSE

position 1s filled. In the event that an employee is selected and remains in the
position for a period of six (6) months, then that person shall be considered
qualified and assigned to the job. Otherwise the employee shall be returned to the
employee's prior position. Vacant driving positions shall be filled on the first cycle
change after January 1“ and July 1" annually. The union shall post all such
vacancies for ten (10) days before being filled. If one or more persons sign the

Large Area Search

This initial Dive Team will take 80 hours to cover all the material, and to
organize the fire and police department members as a team. Do to the variety of
emergencies that the Dive Team may have to operate in. It is agreed that additional
training will be provided. Those programs are Underwater Vehicle Extrication,
Swift Water Operation, Ice Dive Rescue, and Black Water Operation, and this
trainng will be done within two years of the team’s inception.

Medical test and results will be kept confidential between the Physician and
the member. If after the medical screening the member chooses to be an active
team participant, then those medical records will be maintained and supervised by
the teams designated physician, facility or agency.

D.3. Procedure: Nashua Fire Rescue will post for the team assignment and
will initially train twenty members in order to maintain a regular four member
Rescue Dive Team available on a daily basis.

grade, who signs the posting shall be given the first opportunity to fill the vacancy
unless he/she is shown not to be qualified prior to fillmg the vacancy. If any
person does not take the opportunity or is shown not to be qualified, then it will be
offered in the same manner in order of seniority, until the position is filled. In the
event that anemployee is selected and remains in the position for a period of six
(6) months, then the person shall be considered qualified and assigned to the

Station assignment for officers will be made by time in grade seniority.

Each permanent station assignment will be available to all eligible
employees annually. Employees will sign for the positions in order of their time in
grade seniority and the union will furnish the department witha list of the available
positions at each station and the employees assigned to them by December 15".
Transfers as a result of this annual re-signing will occur on the first cycle change
after January 1°.

Limit: 32 Members 8 Officers 24 Fire Fighters

This stipend shall be granted only for that period of time for which sufficient
funding is received by Nashua Fire Rescue from sources other than the City of
Nashua Operating Budget to fully fund the Nashua Fire Rescue Regional Hazmat
team.

Effective January 6, 2013 — One (1) Captain will be regularly assigned as the
Haz Mat Team Captain in addition to the Captain assigned to each Station.

In the event more members sign for the team than this pre-determined
staffing allows, the member with the most seniority will be allowed to continue in
the training process for certification and regular assignment, provided medical
screening shows qualified.

The NFR will retain the right to make assignments, regular and alternate, to
the team based on seniority. The City and the Union have mutually agreed ona
method to fill Haz Mat Team assignments, which is shown in Appendix E.

REQUIRED:

All Team members will be full ttme NFR members. The team may be
designated as “Regional” used on a “Mutual Aid” basis.

MEDICAL SCREENING:

Any member who is interested in serving on the “Haz Mat Team” will
consent to being medially screened by the designated Physician. The medical
screening will be designed to evaluate the member’s fitness for HAZ MAT team
assignment. The complete screening criteria will be made available for the
member’s review before the screening takes place.

Article 34 - WORKING OUT OF CLASSIFICATION

A. Any person covered by this Agreement who is required to accept and
perform the duties and responsibilities of a position or rank higher than that which
he or she normally holds, shall be paid at the probationary rate for that position or
rank while so acting, provided he or she so acts for at least four hours.