SOP Manual - Cleveland Fire Department

Cleveland Fire Department
Operations Manual
I. No recalled personnel shall leave the incident or Headquarters until the incident has been
terminated and all apparatus back in service, unless specific permission is granted to an individual
due to extenuating circumstances by the Incident Commander.
Procedure
A. All off-duty response personnel shall report to any incident when summoned.
B. Upon arrival at an incident, personnel shall not park within 100 feet of any fire apparatus or any
emergency equipment.
C. At the scene, one (1) lane of the roadway shall be maintained for egress.
D. All personnel shall report directly to Command and provide him/her with an accountability tag.
E. All personnel shall carry out any action ordered by Command.
F. All off-duty personnel shall operate in cooperation with on-duty personnel in order to achieve the
tactical priorities.
G. All personnel shall remain on the incident scene until released by the Incident Commander.
H. In order to facilitate this policy, Fire Department personnel may keep their protective clothing
with them when off-duty.
Secondary Employment
Cleveland Fire Department employees, in accordance with City policy, are allowed to have outside
employment provided that there is no conflict of interest or impairment of work performance for the
Cleveland Fire Department, and the employment does not cast discredit or create an embarrassment for the
City or the Fire Department.
All outside employment must receive written approval from the Fire Chief. Since all Fire Department
personnel are subject to emergency recall, appropriate secondary employment phone numbers or other such
phone numbers or other means of notification must be made available to the Fire Chief so that the
employee may be contacted for emergency recall at his/her secondary employment.
Battalion Recall
All nonexempt off duty personnel shall be guaranteed a minimum of two (2) hours of pay at one and onehalf
their regular rate. If the incident lasts longer than one hour, personnel shall continue to be paid at their
overtime rate on an hour for hour basis.
General Recall (all off duty)
In the event of a “Three Alarm or All Off Duty Call” all off duty nonexempt personnel and Battalion
Commanders shall be guaranteed a minimum of three (3) hours of pay at one and one-half their regular
rate. If the incident lasts longer than one hour, personnel shall continue to be paid at their overtime rate on
an hour for hour basis. If personnel are recalled and the call is canceled before they have had time to get to
the scene they must go to the Headquarters Station and sign the Recall Log.
Effective: June 1, 1997 Revised: 5/14/2009 Page | 84
Approved by: Chief Chuck Atchley