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IV. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. All chief officers shall be responsible for familiarization with these procedures.
2. It shall be the responsibility of each Battalion Chief to obtain approval from their Assistant Fire Chief prior to requesting time off.
   1. "T" Time - After receiving permission to utilize incremental "T" time, personnal shall ensure that appropriate emergency and administartive coverage is provided by their adjacent battalions. Appropriate notification shall also be made in advance to Command and Control (BC 40) and the Battalion Chiefs Card File.
3. Upon approval of the Assistant Fire Chief, it shall be the responsibility of each Battalion Chief to request time off through their administrative site. Administrative sites shall then notify the card file of staffing changes.
4. An up-to-date record of all overtime shall be kept on Form 7 in Fire Office. This shall include full and partial shifts. When individual hours worked up to 12-hours, a partial shift shall be entered on the Form 7 in Fire Office.
5. The Battalion Chiefs card file shall be notified on the day worked, no later that 1000 hours of all full and partial shifts of overtime that were not assigned by the card file. This allows the Battalion Chiefs Card File to have accurate data for staffing.
6. All Battalion Chiefs, regardless of assignment shall enter all overtime worked into Timekeeping on IP-FIRS and update the Form 7 in Fire Office.
7. Members working overtime shall not be permitted to take "T" time.
8. All field Battalion Chiefs shall submit to the Battalion Chief Card File their annual vacation dates by April 15. Annual vacation constitutes 4 or more consecutive 24-hour shifts in the same calendar year.
9. Except for major emergencies or out of County assignments: 56-hour Battalion Chiefs shall not work more than five (5) consecutive full or half shifts (without a 24-hour break) or more than 68 shifts equivalent per calendar year. Personnel with five (5) consecutive full or half shifts (without a 24-hour break) or 68 shifts in a calendar year shall not go available; however, they may be subject to recall for normal or emergency staffing after all other resources have been exhausted.
10. Command and Control of any major emergency incident shall notify all on-duty Battalion Chiefs and Duty Chief(s) when engine strike teams are assigned.

Upon receiving such notifications the on-duty Battalion 14 Chief (Card File site administrator) shall immediately confirm with Command and Control all of the field battalions without battalion coverage.