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01/10/2011 <br /> 7.12.1 Emergency Medical Training (EMT) Incentive <br /> The City shall offer EMT recertification programs during on -duty <br /> time for fire personnel already possessing an EMT certificate. <br /> Should the City fail to offer such recertification programs at any <br /> time in the future, the City agrees to waive the requirement of EMT <br /> certification for Educational Incentive Pay during the period when <br /> no recertification programs are offered by the City. <br /> In order to be eligible for Educational Incentive Pay, employees <br /> who were hired after the offering of the initial EMT certification <br /> courses, and employees who were not certified during these initial <br /> courses, must obtain EMT certification during unpaid off -duty time. <br /> The City will allow an employee who has been on Tong -term <br /> disability or Tong -term illness leave of thirty (30) days or more, <br /> upon the employee's return to duty, to attend an EMT <br /> recertification program, if offered, at another San Mateo County fire <br /> agency while the employee is on paid duty time. <br /> Effective April 1, 1990, each employee who maintains Emergency <br /> Medical Training (EMT) certification will receive two and one -half <br /> percent (2 -1/2 %) additional base pay (salary). <br /> The Emergency Medical Training Incentive pay shall be considered <br /> wages for the purposes of computing overtime, holiday pay, and <br /> PERS retirement benefits. <br /> It is understood that in no case will the same employee receive <br /> both Educational Incentive pay (under MOU Section 7.12) and EMT <br /> Incentive pay (under MOU Section 7.12.1). <br /> It is also understood that in no case will the same employee receive <br /> more than a total of seven and one -half percent (7 -1/2 %) from <br /> Service Incentive pay (under MOU 7.11) and EMT Incentive pay <br /> (under MOU 7.12.1) combined. <br /> For purposes of receiving Educational Incentive Pay, a current <br /> paramedic certificate will be deemed to meet the requirement of a <br /> current EMT certificate. <br /> 7.13 Uniform Allowance <br /> Fire Fighter /Engineers and Fire Captains shall be paid an annual uniform <br /> allowance of six hundred and sixty dollars ($660.00). Effective January 1, <br /> 2011, annual uniform allowance shall be increased as follows: $680.00 <br /> effective January 1, 2011; $700.00 effective January 1, 2012; $720.00 effective <br /> January 1, 2013. This amount will be pro -rated for new hires. <br /> 17 <br /> Page 23 #15077 <br /> MUFF # 905 <br />