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<br /> 51 <br /> <br />3. 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 /> <br />4. 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 /> <br />5. 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 /> <br />6. 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 /> <br />7. Mileage and travel time will not be compensated. <br /> <br />II. Rules for Hazardous Materials Technician <br /> <br />A. The number of personnel (26 at any one time) will be the sole responsibility of the Fire <br />Administration. <br /> <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 /> <br />1. Employees who occupy a Hazardous Materials Team position shall receive an <br />additional 3% specialty pay attached to their base salary. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />4. Those employees who occupy a Hazardous Material Team position and who accept a <br />non-suppression position within the department will not be eligible for team <br />membership during their non-suppression assignment. Upon their return to