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Everett Fire Department Rescue Team members is Rescue Systems 1 (USAR), <br /> Confined Space,Rope, and Trench Rescue Certification. <br /> 4. Rescue Technician members will be required to attend and satisfactorily complete at <br /> least one County Team training session per calendar year in each of the four <br /> disciplines of Rescue Systems 1 (USAR), Confined Space,Rope,and Trench, and <br /> must attend and satisfactorily complete at least one County Team evaluation session <br /> per calendar year. <br /> 5. Rescue Technician members not meeting their annual requirement due to long term <br /> disability will be assigned to day shifts in Training upon their return to work in order <br /> to complete the missed training or an equivalent alternative. <br /> 6. Rescue Technician members not meeting the annual requirement for any other reason <br /> will be de-certified and Rescue Team specialty pay will be terminated. <br /> 7. Rescue Tech members are eligible for up to a maximum of 40 hours overtime per <br /> year to the Rescue Tech or their replacement if the Technician is released from duty <br /> for off-shift training. For the purposes of this Article, overtime for employees <br /> attending off-shift rescue training will not be on the member's overtime record as per <br /> Article 13 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. It will be the sole responsibility <br /> of the employee to meet continuing education competencies on an annual basis. <br /> 8. Mileage and travel time will not be compensated. <br /> II. Rules for Hazardous Materials Technician <br /> A. The number of personnel (28 at any one time)will be the sole responsibility of the Fire <br /> Administration. <br /> Administration will retain sole authority to determine from which classifications(e.g. <br /> firefighter,paramedic, driver,captain)applicants will be selected.Upon determination of <br /> which classification(s)is/are needed, a committee of Fire Administration and Hazardous <br /> Materials Team,members will select the applicant(s)from that/those classifications. When an <br /> applicant has been accepted into the Hazardous Materials Technician Team, a change in the <br /> individuals'classification(other than a promotion out of suppression)will not disqualify a <br /> member from the Hazardous Materials Technician Team. <br /> 1. Employees who occupy a Hazardous Materials Team position shall receive an <br /> additional 3%specialty pay attached to their base salary. <br /> 2. Personnel selection will be based on criteria developed by the Fire Administration <br /> and the Union This criterion includes,but is not limited to department needs, <br /> training, qualifications,classification of ranks,and response time to Everett. <br /> 3. Hazardous Materials Technician Team members who promote to the rank of <br /> Battalion Chief will be required to attend,satisfactorily complete,attain and retain <br /> certification in Hazardous Materials Incident Command as well as all other required <br /> Hazardous Materials Technician team training in order to remain on the team. <br /> 49 <br />