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Fifteenth through sixteenth 15.71 hours Seventeenth year or more 17.14 hours Accrued vacation shall be credited to the employee's account biweekly. Any employee except a probationary employee may be allowed to incur a fifty-six (56) hour deficit beyond the vacation leave credited to his/her account. Except as provided below in Section 13.4 and those employees working a forty (40) hour workweek, vacations must be used in increments of either twenty-four (24) or twelve (12) hours. When used in twelve-hour increments, vacations must be taken from either 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. The Fire Chief may, however, approve vacation requests in less than twelve (12) hour increments to accommodate employee enrollment in college or university courses. The courses or classes attended must, however, be appropriate to employee development. The decision of the Fire Chief shall be final. 13.3 Vacation Accumulation Any eligible employee may defer up to a maximum of one and one-half (1-1/2) times his/her annual vacation entitlement to the year succeeding his/her anniversary of hire date. 13.4 Vacation Scheduling Vacation selection will be subject to the procedure stated in Fire Department General Order, Personnel- Vacation, except for those areas specifically stated differently in this article. For the annual scheduling done in January of each year, seven(7)persons of any rank shall be allowed off at any given time. Vacation requests by a eighth (8th) or additional person requires the requesting person to provide the name of his/her replacement (See Fire Department General Order, Personnel- Overtime, Overtime, III, M; - Finding your own Replacement). Authorized emergency vacation may be allowed due to special circumstances and temporary assignments will be made to accommodate. Personnel may take vacation on Thanksgiving and Christmas if they provide the name of the coverage person. Vacation may be taken for less than a full shift but not less than twelve (12) hours unless the employee provides the name of the coverage person. For the purposes of this section, twelve (12) hour increments will be either 0800 hours to 2000 hours or 2000 hours to 0800 hours. If two (2) or more employees have the same employment date, seniority will be determined by placement on the employment list. If two (2) or more employees have the same employment date and are from different hiring agencies, seniority is determined by drawing from a hat. 14