SOP Manual - Cleveland Fire Department

Cleveland Fire Department
Operations Manual
Trading Time
Purpose
To provide for the trading of equal time between qualified personnel within the Fire Department.
Objective
To allow firefighters of equal rank and qualification to trade time so that employees in the fire protection
service may be absent from duty for personal reasons.
Scope
This policy shall apply to all 24/48-hour shift personnel except probationary firefighters. Probationary
firefighters shall not be allowed to trade time except in the case of emergencies.
Responsibility
It shall be the responsibility of the immediate supervisor of the employees who are trading time to insure
that such trades do not disrupt the normal day to day operations of the Fire Department.
Policy
The practice of trading time shall be deemed to have no effect on the hours of work of an individual
employee if the following criteria are met:
A. The trading of time is voluntary between the affected employees and not at the request of the Fire
Department.
B. The reason for trading time is a personal matter of the employee, and not due to the business
operations of the Fire Department.
C. The same responsibilities and job duties of the employee asking for a time trade will be assumed
by the employee working in their place.
D. All such time trades shall be logged in the appropriate station log to document the times, dates,
and employees involved in the trade.
E. The period between the time traded and the pay back shall be made within the pay period.
F. The supervisor of the employees involved in the time trading has approved the trade prior to the
occurrence.
Effective: June 1, 1997 Revised: 5/14/2009 Page | 82
Approved by: Chief Chuck Atchley