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RESOLUTION NO. 9 9 - 81
ADOPTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE POLICY
FOR STILLWATER FIRE DEPARTMENT
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Stillwater, Minnesota, that the Stillwater Fire
Department Emergency Response Policy, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", is hereby adopted.
Adopted by Council this 6th day of April, 1999.
ATTEST:
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Ciry Jerk
Exhibit A
Stillwater Fire Department
Policy
Date: Apri16, 1999
Subject: Emergency Response Requirements
Scope: Emergency call attendance for part-time personnel
Purpose: To amend and define the minimum standard for response to emergency
incidents for all part-time personnel.
Policy: Each part-time employee must respond to a minimum of twenty percent
(20%) of all assigned emergency incidents during each quarter of the
calendar year (i.e., January through March, April through June, July
through September, and October through December).
Engineers and officers are assigned to all emergency incidents that are
dispatched through the department-wide radio activation tone.
Firefighters are assigned to all emergency incidents that are dispatched
through the department-wide radio activation tone, except calls for a
station standby.
Persons not meeting the minimum requirement during a quarter shall
receive written notification of such violation of this policy.
Persons not meeting the requirement during two quarters of any
consecutive four-quarter period shall receive a written reprimand.
Persons not meeting the requirement during three quarters of any
consecutive eight-quarter period shall receive a thirty (30) day suspension
from duty.
Persons not meeting the requirement during four quarters of any
consecutive eight-quarter period shall be subject to dismissal by the City
Council.
The Fire Chief, with the concurrence of the City Coordinator, shall have
authority to exercise judgement in the application of this policy for
unusual or extenuating circlzmstances such as injury, illness, authorized
leave of absence, etc.
Date adopted by City Council
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