Everett Firefighters Local No. 46 12/16/2022

53 3. Personnel selection will be based on criteria developed by the Fire Administration and the Union. This criterion includes, but is not limited to department needs, training, qualifications, classification of ranks, and response time to Everett. 4. Those employees who occupy a Marine Team position and who accept a non-suppression position within the department will not be eligible for team membership during their non- suppression assignment. Upon their return to suppression, they will be eligible for reassignment to the team regardless of their rank when an opening exists. These employees will be reassigned to the team as positions become available in the order they returned to suppression. 5. After selection to the team and initial training as a deck hand, Marine Team members have 18 months to obtain certification as a coxswain. Failure to progress to certifiction as a coxswain may result in removal from the team. Retaining coxswain certification is required for continued team membership. 6. Vacancies created by personnel failing to maintain certification will be filled using the criteria listed above. 7. Marine team training will be in accordance with Administration standards. 8. Personnel selected to be a Marine Team must meet the criteria set forth by Administration and the Union. 9. Marine team members not meeting their annual requirement due to long term disability will be assigned to day shifts in Training upon their return to work in order to complete the missed training or an equivalent alternative. Marine Team members not meeting the annual requirement for any other reason will be de-certified and Marine Team specialty pay will be terminated. 10. Marine Team members are eligible for up to a maximum of 32 hours overtime per year to the Marine Team or their replacement if the team member is released from duty for off-shift training. For the purposes of this Article, overtime for employees attending off-shift Marine Team training will not be on the member's overtime record as per Article 13 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. It will be the sole responsibility of the employee to meet continuing education competencies on an annual basis. 11. Mileage and travel time will not be compensated. IV. Rules for Rescue Swimmers 1. The number of Rescue Swimmers will not exceed 14 and is the sole responsibility of Fire Administration. 2. Administration will retain sole authority to determine from which classifications (e.g. firefighter, paramedic, driver, captain) applicants will be selected. Upon determination of which classification(s) is/are needed, a committee comprised of Fire Administration and Rescue Swimmers will select the applicant(s) from that/those classifications. When an applicant has been accepted as a Rescue Swimmer, a change in the individuals' classification (other than a promotion out of suppression) will not disqualify a member from being a Rescue Swimmer