4 Platoon

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4 Platoon
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Why Change?

• More 4 Day Breaks
• 8 Day Work Months
• Vacation/Holiday Time Goes Farther
• More Driver Positions
• Training Continuity
• Reduced Traveling
• Promotional Opportunity

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January 2009 3-Platoon
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January 2009 4-Platoon
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Vacation/Holiday Time

• 3-platoon
• 1 day of vacation/holiday/Kelly 5 days off
• 2 days of vacation/holiday/Kelly 8 days off
• 3 days of vacation/holiday/Kelly 11 days off
• 4 days of vacation/holiday/Kelly 14 days off
• 4-platoon
• 1 day of vacation/holiday 7 days off
• 2 days of vacation/holiday 10 days off
• 3 days of vacation/holiday 15 days off
• 4 days of vacation/holiday 18 days off

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Vacation/Holiday Time

• 3-platoon
• 5 days of vacation/holiday/Kelly 17 days off
• 6 days of vacation/holiday/Kelly 20 days off
• 7 days of vacation/holiday/Kelly 23 days off
• 4-platoon
• 5 days of vacation/holiday 23 days off
• 6 days of vacation/holiday 26 days off
• 7 days of vacation/holiday 31 days off

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January 2009 3-Platoon
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January 2009 4-Platoon
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Increased Driver Positions

• Each station would gain one more
• Currently there are 18
• Would increase to 24

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Training Continuity

• In 2008 approximately 68 attended training that
  was organized by training.
• Would increase to approximately 84
• Training could cut cost by giving a class once to
  each shift
• Would train with the same crew

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Reduction in Traveling

• Currently there are 41 - 42 people assigned to
  each shift to cover 32 positions
• It would change to 31 people assigned to cover 32
• Difference is covered with debit days and/or OT

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Officer Positions

• Currently we have
• 6 BC/SOs
• 6 Captains
• 18 Lieutenants
• Would change to
• 8 BC/SOs
• 6 Captains
• 18 Lieutenants

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Whats in it for the City

• Hard officers would work with their crews more
• Reduction in acting days
• Saving acting pay
• Training continuity
• Each training session would be held once for each
  shift
• Reduction in instructor costs
• Reduction in OT cost
• Debit days help to offset staffing

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Proposal

• Work Schedule
• 24 on, 48 off, 24 on, 96 off
• No more than 9 debit days
• Scheduled prior to vacation/holiday plotting
• Can be plotted over or traded
• 46.14 hr work week
• 100 101 shifts per year

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Debit Days

• Currently schedule
• 2433.3 hrs per year
• 46.7 hrs per week
• 101 102 shifts per year
• Proposal assuming 9 debit days
• 2406 hrs per year
• 46.1 hrs per week
• 100 101 shifts per year

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Other

• STOT
• No change.
• OT
• With 124 people to divide to 4 shifts and a
  staffing minimum of 32, we would still need 2 3
  firefighters per shift.
• Vacation/Holiday Plotting
• No change
• Appears to still be 5 6 off per shift
• Staffing
• Debit days work out to be 3 per shift

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Other cont.

• Full weekends off (Sat and Sun)
• Currently 23
• 4-platoon 25
• Working one day over the weekend
• Currently 29
• 4-platoon 26
• Mornings home
• Currently 162
• 4-platoon 164

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QUESTIONS?