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100s 0-74 Flashcards

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The intent of the Values and Organization volume is to

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help members understand the Fire Department organization and empower them to carry out the mission

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Communicating the mission, organizational values, and goals is the responsibility of the

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Fire Chief

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We, as members of the Mesa Fire Department, are expected to

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  • -maintain a high standard of service delivery and personal conduct.
  • -perform emergency, nonemergency and routine tasks in an efficient and uniform manner
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100 series –

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Mesa Fire Department Values, Organization, And Policies

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200 series –

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Mesa Fire Department Standard Operating Procedures

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300 series –

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Mesa Fire Department Training Procedures

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400 series –

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Mesa Fire Department Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Procedures

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500 series –

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Mesa Fire Department Fire Prevention and Community Services Procedures (in development)

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600 series –

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Mesa Fire Department Resource Management Procedures (in development)

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We are dedicated to service as highly trained professionals in all aspects of (4)

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rescue,
emergency medical services,
fire prevention and suppression,
and the control of hazardous situations

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We uphold this commitment through quality emergency services and proactive emphasis on
(5)

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  • -public education,
  • -code enforcement,
  • -hazard investigation,
  • -innovative fire and life safety awareness, and –community service
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Performance Guarantee

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As an organization and as individual members of the Mesa Fire Department, we will do the things that we say we will, try our best to do them well, every time, and care about our customers, their property, and each other

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Labor and Management may participate together in the following formal activities for the purpose of planning, policy discussion, procedures development, and the resolution of problems/issues that arise within the organization(4)

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  • -labor/management team
  • -Meet and Confer Negotiations
  • -Departmental Teams
  • -Personnel Management
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The labor management team

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meets quarterly, and on an as needed basis, to discuss issues related to departmental policies, programs, and strategic planning

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Meet and Confer Negotiations

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formal negotiations of wages, hours, benefits, and working conditions between Labor and City Management

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Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) in 1988. CFAI’s goal is to

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improve customer service and organizational performance through defined performance measurements

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The CFAI accredited the Mesa Fire Department on

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August 23, 2001

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MFD’s accreditation was achieved in two major areas,

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Self-Assessment and

Standards of Response Coverage

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Who is responsible for maintaining the accreditation process?

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The Support Services Assistant Chief

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Self-Assessment requires evaluation of 255 performance measurements that are separated into 10 categories

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  1. Governance and Administration
  2. Assessment and Planning
  3. Goals and Objectives
  4. Financial Resources
  5. Programs
  6. Physical Resources
  7. Human Resources
  8. Training and Competency
  9. Essential Resources
  10. External System Relations
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The Standards of Response Coverage (SORC) is critical to the service delivery of the organization, defined by the CFAI as…

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“those written policies and procedures that establish the distribution and concentration of fixed and mobile resources of an organization”

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The SORC consists of three key elements

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  1. Distribution-station and resource locations
  2. Concentration-spacing of resources to ensure good response times
  3. Staffing Levels-number of FF and their tasks
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Maximum Risk occupancies

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High probability/High consequence

  • any non-sprinkled occ. 3 or more stories
  • Hospitals
  • all high-rise and mid-rise
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High/Special Risk

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Low probability/high consequence

  • usually have fire protection built in
  • H occupancies with flammable solids,garage
  • sprinkled malls,theaters, restaurants
  • stadiums and amusement parks
  • sprinkled nursing homes, nurseries with kids under 6
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High probability/Low consequence

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  • Single family dwellings
  • group homes with <10 people
  • gas stations
  • sprinkled malls with 50-300 people
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Low Risk

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Low probability/low consequence

  • detached residential garages
  • open parking garages
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The Risk Analysis/Assessment is completed

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annually by fire companies and coordinated through the Planning and Research Section with help from the Battalion Administrative staff.

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The Maximum and High/Special Risk Occupancies are identified on the MCT map with a

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blue icon

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The Customer Service Zones (CSZ) (demand zones)

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  • -created as part of the CFAI program
  • -annual Fire Hydrant maintenance,
  • -Pre-plans,
  • -Risk Analysis/Assessment,
  • -Public Education, and
  • -Partners in Prevention
  • -CSZ program will be evaluated annually and improvements will be made, as necessary
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Who is responsible for managing annual programs in his/her CSZ?

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The fire company Captain

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Crew sheets need to be completed and approved each workday, before

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10:00 AM

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In cases where the final approver is not the Section Manager, the timekeeper will print off a copy of each approved crew sheet daily and deliver to

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the Section Manager

32
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Copies of each crew sheet will be kept in hard copy record for

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one rolling year

33
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Employees may accumulate a maximum of _________ of compensatory time

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100 hours

34
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The maximum amount of overtime that may be converted to compensatory time is

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sixty-six point six (66.6) hours

35
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Sworn shift members working special assignments for 6 months or less will not be eligible for

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compensatory time

36
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To recognize a member, send an email to

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MFMD Personnel

37
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The STAR Rep will

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  • -contact Fire Personnel and Wellness to obtain an award
  • -may also send a card to the member’s home or workplace
  • -log the tangible and intangible awards on the STAR Recognition Log located in the FDSHARE drive
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Who will be responsible for producing the necessary reports to City Management on dollars spent on all reward programs?

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Personnel and Wellness Division

39
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STAR awards may be taxable, items valued at less than _____. are not taxable

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$50

40
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Special Performance Awards consist of:

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  • -Two-Step Merits,
  • -Unscheduled Merits, and
  • -Exceptional Performance Awards
41
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The member shall complete the Training Registration form _____ prior to actual training

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30 days

42
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Never pay or register direct. ____________ will process payment of registration

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Designated RC representatives

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Final approval for training activity will be the responsibility of the

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Assistant Chief

44
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Travel time to and from the airport will not be compensated. However, _______ will be compensated for early arrival to the airport unless the time is during the employee’s normal workday

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One hour

45
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Regarding uniforms…

Monday through Thursday is

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Business Attire

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Clothing that is NEVER appropriate in a business setting includes:

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–Backless, bare midriff, or low cut tops
–Excessively worn, tattered, torn, or tight fitting jeans
Tank/muscle shirts or spaghetti straps
Shorts
Sagging pants
Mini-skirts
Athletic wear (e.g. fleece, sweats) Spandex or Lycra
Overalls
Clothing displaying inappropriate or unprofessional language or images Flip-flops or other beach wear shoes Slippers

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The class A uniform will be worn at the direction of

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the fire chief

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Dress Jacket -

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Black, double-breasted (female option of single-breasted),
polyester/wool tropical worsted,
12 ounce.
Rank striping and longevity Malteses included. (No jacket collar brass-shirt collar brass only

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Dress Shoe –

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Dress Shoe – Black, plain-toed, laced, shine or matte finish.
–Pump style shoe (worn with Dress Skirt only) will be plain, closed-toed, shine finish, enclosed heels, 2 inch or less in height.

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Safety shoe with dress uniform

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Safety shoe is required for any member assigned to hazardous duty while wearing the dress uniform.
If worn with Dress Jacket and Dress Pant, shoes must be high-gloss leather, oxford style, black shoes

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The class B uniform will be worn for

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Business situations where a shirt and tie would be appropriate

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Regardless of the season, employees are expected to dress in Business Attire or Fire Department Class B uniform without a tie, when

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presenting at Council,
Board or Council Committee meetings, or
when meeting with the elected officials, business, or community groups

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Dress Pant -

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Black, polyester, male and female sizes.
Slant front pocket and belt loops style.
(To be worn as Class B pant only)

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Work Pant -

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  • -Navy blue, 100% cotton (Lion 2200), or navy blue, Nomex (Lion 2101),
  • -must be NFPA Standard 1975 compliant with no other advertising showing
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Work Shoes -

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Black, mostly leather shoes only. Safety shoes are required for class C

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Work Belt -

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Width to be 1-1/4” minimum to 1-1/2” maximum for work uniform.
Width to be 1” minimum to 1-1/2” maximum for dress uniform.
Work uniform plain black belt with Garrison buckle.
-color of buckle to be silver except for chief officers, which shall be gold.

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Work Belt (optional) -

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Wilderness brand instructor’s belt.
Work uniform only,
11/4” minimum to 1-3/4” maximum
black nylon web with aircraft aluminum buckle/clip.
This is a 5700-pound rated class 1 harness.

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Custom embroidery on the rear of the hat will be limited to

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  • -a double line depicting company assignment or work area

- -member first and last name

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P.T. uniform shall be acceptable

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–only during physical fitness training and after 1700 hours anywhere within the station, except for public contact.
–The P.T. uniform is not authorized from 0700 hours to 1700 hours, except for physical fitness training.
Care should be exercised to be in the proper work uniform, any time of day, for work related duties and/or public contact.

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Resource Program Assistant (Bridget Grimes

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Bridget Grimes

61
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Annual (July-May) voucher amounts are as follows:

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Full time- $550
Full time office staff- $275
Part time office staff- $137.50

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members lose their annual voucher amounts if they are not spent prior to

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May 31st. Members must wait until July 1 for a new annual voucher allotment

63
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Links to the Uniform Price Sheet, Forms, and Vendor Information may be found on the

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Inside Mesa Web page under Fire Resource

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All members that require safety shoes are allotted vouchers

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on a semi-annual basis (6 months) from their last date of shoe purchase

65
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The value of a six-month voucher is

The value of a one-year voucher is

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$85.00

$170.00 (One pair only)

66
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Reimbursement of uniform money is permitted for

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employee’s expenses on tailoring of uniform items as long as there is money left on voucher

67
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Tailoring reimbursement – submit receipt with

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name, employee #, and signature to Fire Resource Program Assistant

68
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Reimbursement checks are distributed by -_______ and are mailed directly to employee. Process takes ______

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Accounts Payable

2-3 weeks

69
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Articles to be used as rags should …

Articles to be thrown in the trash shall …

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Rags–have the logo marked out by permanent marker and be torn in half.

trash– shall have the logo marked out by permanent marker, and torn into several pieces

70
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Members and Volunteers leaving or retiring from the Fire Department shall return all clothing,

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with the MFD logo, to Resource Management for proper disposal or dispose of the clothing

71
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MRSA

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It is estimated that 14% of all deaths in the US yearly are attributed to MRSA.
Since 2003, there has been a 500% increase in MRSA infections

72
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Station shoes shall not be worn

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Station shoes shall not be worn in the apparatus bay, while responding to calls, or when performing work where safety shoes (impact and crush protection) are required

73
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a temporary promotion will be made

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When the projection for a temporary Engineer, Captain, or BC “shift” vacancy exceeds 90 days, and 30 consecutive shifts of a documented employee leave,

74
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a temporary assignment will be made

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only if the vacancy is expected to last 30 days or longer. If leave pool personnel are utilized and the vacancy lasts 90 days with the expectation that it will extend at least 30 more days a temp assignment will be made

75
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The duration of the temp assignment shall not extend beyond a period of

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12 months unless approved by the Department Manager or designee

76
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The Responsibilities of the pregnant employee(3)

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  1. Inform their supervisor regarding the pregnancy (this will give the supervisor the opportunity to refer employee to Fire Personnel & Wellness for more information.)
  2. Employee will request the transitional work assignment through their supervisor.
  3. Have Dr. Fill out “Return to duty progress report” available in Fire Wellness Office
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After supervisor is notified of pregnancy..

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  1. Inform the employee of the availability of Transitional Work and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
  2. Inform employee of City of Mesa Personnel Rules (Special Leaves without Pay)
  3. After a decision has been made by the employee regarding transitional work status, the Fire Department Personnel and Wellness Section, will assign the employee to a transitional work position, if appropriate.
  4. Coordinate with the Battalion Chief regarding personnel replacement for member

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