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Section 10. Documentation Regarding Organized Mess <br />The Department shall provide the documentation required by the Internal Revenue Service for the <br />deduction of the cost of meals taken as part of an organized mess. Documentation is as follows: <br />In order that all members of each Fire Company will be available at all times to respond to an <br />emergency as quickly and efficiently as possible, and in order to provide for harmony and fellowship <br />among the members of Fire Companies, there shall be a common organized mess at each Fire Station to <br />which all employees (except management and staff employees) assigned to that Station shall be required <br />to contribute on a daily basis. The Captain on each shift at each Station shall determine the amount of <br />the contribution to be made to the common mess by members of that shift and shall normally make all <br />assignments as to the duties to be performed by those employees in regard to the common mess. <br />Employees may be exempted from the common mess only for valid medical or religious reasons that <br />have been verified to the City's satisfaction. <br />Section 11. EMT Pay <br />5. Independence Day <br />6. Labor Day (first Monday of September) <br />7. Veterans' Day <br />8. Thanksgiving Day <br />9. Day following Thanksgiving <br />10. Christmas Eve Day <br />11. December twenty -fifth (25th) <br />Employees in the suppression classifications represented by the Union shall be paid EMT pay equal to <br />two and one -half percent (2 'A %) of the regular rates of pay set forth in Section 5.1 of this Memorandum <br />of Understanding. <br />Section 12. Paramedic Program and Compensation <br />12.1 Program Description <br />The department intends to maintain advanced life support (ALS) capability through the assignment of <br />one designated Firefighter/Paramedic on each Engine Company. Employees hired as <br />Firefighter/Paramedics must maintain their paramedic license as a condition of employment, unless <br />allowed to drop their license under Section 12.3 below. <br />Paramedics will lose their premium pay if they promote. Current Paramedics of rank (i e the five prior <br />LFD grandfathered Captain and Engineer Paramedics) shall be allowed to keep their Paramedic <br />premium pay even though they will not be considered the designated or "assigned" paramedic to a <br />11 <br />