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Overtime Request Sent In

Here's the overtime request sheet exactly as it was sent in this morning.

Lineup 2007.03.05

Here's today's lineup.

Reminder: TEAPs Due March 21st

Captains, remember that TEAPs will be due no later than March 21st.


Update: Captain Therault turned in 7's TEAP on March 5th.

Emergency Vacation: It's Not What It Used To Be

It used to be that calling in and requesting emergency vacation was no big deal. People requested it often, and most chiefs didn't hassle them about it.

Things have changed. Now that all the districts have maxed-out their scheduled vacation time, emergency vacations cause them to exceed their total. That means staffing has to call in (and pay for) more overtime than the department has budgeted for... which makes the Deputy and Assistant Chiefs unhappy... which means they require detailed, written explanations from District Chiefs... which makes them unhappy... and so-on.

Let's try to avoid this from now on. Really, anyone should be able to get off almost any day--simply by trading for other vacation days later in the year. You can even trade days with other people in the district.

If you have a real emergency that you need to deal with, of course, you can ask for emergency vacation. But nowadays there are usually other, better ways to get time off if you need it.

Overtime

Here's overtime for March 6, 7, 8, and 9. Captains, please notify affected crew members, if any.

Lineup 3/3/2007

HERE's today's lineup.

Update: Call-in overtime Captain B. Strong, 41-D1, 071597 to 8's. Still holding 1 unwilling FFE at 8 and at 17. (Looking for volunteers for OT to replace them.)

2nd Update: Firefighter holding at 17 will stay 24. Firefighter at 8's replaced by 3rd man from Squad 17.