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B. A vacation tour is defined as one (1) twenty-four (24) hour scheduled tour of duty. Members <br />are considered to be on vacation forty-eight (48) hours prior to and after scheduled vacation <br />and holiday tours, including FLSA days when used in conjunction with vacation and holiday. <br />C. As shown above, all members must select one-third (1/3) of the vacation time earned during <br />the previous calendar year. Members retiring during the calendar year are exempt from this <br />provision. <br />D. For purposes of determining years of service, as identified in Paragraph A above, effective January 1, <br />2003, Paramedics shall receive credit for service as a Paramedic with Lakewood Hospital. Said credit for <br />this service shall be determined on the basis of a 1:5 ratio, that is, for every 1.5 full years of service with <br />Lakewood Hospital, the employee shall have one (1) full year of credit for purpose of determining years of <br />service for vacation accrual. <br />15.02 Accumulation. <br />A. All members may accumulate up to, but not exceed, twenty-two (22) vacation tours (528 <br />hours) . <br />B. Accrued vacation time in excess of accumulation permitted in Paragraph A, which is <br />carried over to the next calendar year, shall be forfeited. <br />15.03 For all employees, in the event an extraordinary emergency or extraordinary circumstances which, <br />upon approval of the Fire Chief, necessitates the abandonment of vacation or holiday leave, that leave shall <br />be taken later that year if time is available. If it is determined by the City that time is not available, then <br />such time may be carried over to the next calendar year and must be taken in that year. Under no circum- <br />stances will the exercise of this provision allow for any conversion of accumulated vacation time in excess <br />of the amounts set forth in this Agreement. Accrued time in the vacation account of each employee shall be <br />paid at the rate of one -fifty second (1 /52) of their current salary for each week, twenty-four (24) times their <br />hourly earning rate for each hour, and the appropriate percentage of twenty-four (24) times their current <br />hourly rate for each partial hour, up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) vacation tours (600 hours), at the <br />time of the employee's retirement, termination or resignation, or to their estate, in case of the death of the <br />employee. <br />15.04 Random Selection <br />A. Following the general selection procedure, as outlined in the current department general orders, all re- <br />maining vacation time and individual holiday time will be granted on a first -come, first -served basis if one <br />(1) vacation or holiday selection slot is available. <br />15.05 Pursuant to Division of Fire rules and regulations governing same: <br />A. Commencing in November 2014 and continuing each year thereafter, one employee from this bargaining <br />unit shall be permitted to select vacation or holiday time off each day for the next calendar year. <br />ARTICLE 16 HOLIDAYS <br />16.01 Employees of the Division of Fire shall be granted eleven (12) holidays to include New Year's Day, <br />President's Day, Good Friday, Easter, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's <br />Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, plus one (1) twenty-four (24) hour <br />off -duty period classified as a personal business day, provided the employee works a full year in which the <br />holidays occur. These holidays shall be granted in the form of six and one half (6.5) twenty-four (24) hour <br />10 <br />