Volume 1 – Administration

Section 101 - General

101.1    Scope

101.2    Mission Statement

101.3    SFD Organizational Chart

101.4    Chain of Command

101.5    Apparatus and Unit Staffing

101.6    Unit Designations

101.7    Report Completion

Section 102 – Personnel

102.1    Rules of Conduct

    102.1.1 Employer Notification

102.2    Work Schedules, Reporting for Duty, Relief of Duty

102.3    Coaching, Counseling, and Discipline

102.4    Vacation Leave

102.5    Sick Leave

102.6    Injury/Illness and Returning to Duty

102.7    Duty Related Injuries

102.8    Trading of Shifts (Shift Swaps)

102.9    Paramedic Student Pay

102.10  Personal Telephone Calls

102.11  Uniforms

102.12  Risk Management Plan

102.13  NWA Regional Haz-Mat Response Team

102.14  Maximum Work Period (96 Hour Rule)

Section 103 - Security

103.1    Medical Records of SFD Personnel

103.2    HIPPA, PHI, and Limiting Disclosure of

103.3    Knox Boxes and Knox Key Security

103.4    Security of Units and Stations

103.5    Incident Related Information Releases

103.6    Disseminating Personal Information

103.7    Abusive Patients, Bystanders, and the General Public

103.8    Requesting Law Enforcement Assistance

Section 104 – Apparatus and Vehicles

104.1    Modes of Response

104.2    Wheel Chocks

104.3    Backing of Vehicles

104.4    Vehicle Accident Prevention

104.5    Traffic Pre-Emption Systems

104.6    Personal Use of Fire Department Vehicles

104.7    Fueling Apparatus, Vehicles, and Equipment

Section 105 – Health and Wellness

105.1    Health Related Fitness Program

            105.1.1    Procedure for Conducting Fitness Appraisals

        105.2    SFD Chaplain Program