Upper Leacock Fire Company SOG's

Section 12    Turnout Gear & Alerting Pager Device Guideline
 

1.    The Upper Leacock Fire Company will make every effort to ensure that all Fire Company Members are issued a set of turnout gear and an alerting pager device at no cost to them based on availability or funds to purchase additional needed equipment.

2.    It is the responsibility of the Fire Chief OR his designee to oversee that turnout gear and alerting pager devices are issued to new Fire Company Members under temporary membership or temporary members just voted into membership.

3.    It is the responsibility of the Fire Chief or his designee to oversee that all turnout gear and alerting pager devices are numbered. It will also be his or her responsibility to oversee that an active list is kept on file documenting member's names, gear numbers, pager numbers, and serial numbers.

4.    All turnout gear and alerting pager devices will be kept in a clean orderly fashion at all times. NO EXCEPTIONS!

5.    All turnout gear will be kept at the Upper Leacock Fire Station unless the Fire Chief gives you approval to remove it for such things as training, etc.

6.    The Upper Leacock Fire Company will make every effort to make repairs to turnout gear and alerting pager devices as needed or as funding permits. No repairs shall be made by anyone unless the Fire Chief or his designee gives authorization to make needed repairs.

7.    Any Fire Company Member who loses turnout gear or alerting pager devices belonging to the Upper Leacock Fire Company MAY be expected to reimburse the Fire Company for that loss. Any Fire Company Member who willfully destroys turnout gear or alerting pager devices will be required to make necessary repairs or reimbursement out of his or her own funds.

8.    The Fire Chief has the right to pull turnout gear and reassign it to another or demand the return of alerting pager devices if ANY Fire Company Member fails to maintain a 20% average of fire call and/or Tuesday Night training attendance unless a member qualifies under exemptions in rule #9 listed below.

9.    The Fire Chief has the right to extend an attendance exemption if a Fire Company Member has been given approval by the Fire Chief for an exemption listed below;

• Any Injury, sickness, or disability to a Fire Company Member.
• An approved leave of absence.
• Work shift conflicts.
• Family/ children situations.
• Other (any other reasonable situation approved by the Fire Chief that places hardship on the Fire Company Member to meet the attendance percentages).

10.    No Fire Company Member is permitted to alter the original state of any turnout gear or alerting pager device that has been issued to them. No stickers, decals, patches or Equipment of any kind may be affixed to Fire Company owned turnout gear or alerting pager devices unless the Fire Chief has given permission.

11.    No turnout gear may be used by ANY Fire Company Member other then what was issued to them by the Fire Company. No turnout gear may be used by any member for events other then an approved Fire Company activity unless the Fire Chief has given permission.

12.    Turnout gear will be worn at ALL times during a fire call response or training event UNLESS the Officer in Charge approves otherwise.

13.    No Fire Company Member is permitted to loan his or her assigned turnout gear or alerting pager device to ANYONE for ANY reason UNLESS the Fire Chief gives his or her approval.

14.    All Fire Company Members must sign the turnout gear and alerting pager device agreement contract before they are issued.

15.    All Fire Company Members are required to IMMEDIATELY surrender their assigned set of turnout gear and alerting pager device upon termination of membership or suspension that was imposed as part of disciplinary action.

16.    The Fire Chief or his designee shall be notified IMMEDIATELY of any damage and/ or needed repairs of turnout gear or alerting pager devices.

17.    Upper Leacock Fire Company Turnout Gear Standards

• BUNKER COAT- should be a tan colored PBI jacket with fluorescent orange colored reflective trim and 3 inch letters that spell "Upper Leacock" on the upper back area; preferably Globe or Janesville brand.
• BUNKER PANTS - should be tan colored PBI pants with fluorescent orange colored trim; preferably Globe or Janesville brand
• HELMET - will be a metro style helmet. Black helmets for Fire fighters, Yellow for Lieutenants and Captains, Red helmets for Engineers and Asst. Engineers, Blue helmets for Safety Officers, White helmets for Fire Chief and Asst. Chiefs, Orange color Philadelphia style helmets for Fire Police. All helmets will display a reflective decal on the front of the crescents for the side of the helmet that signifies their rank such as Fire Fighter, Captain, Lieutenant, Chief, Engineer, etc. All helmets will display 2 inch numbers of "3-11" in black or white colors, which shall be affixed below the side rank crescents. Each helmet will display each member's last name and gear number on the rear portion of the helmet in black or white letters/numbers depending on the color of the helmet. Letters/ numbers should be at least 3/4 high but no larger then 1-inch high.
• NOMEX HOOD - Any brand of nomex hood, which is white in color.
• GLOVES - Should be a leather style glove, brown in color with knit wrists similar to Fire Dex brand. Long wrist rescue extrication gloves, red in color, may also be used similar to the Relay brand style or American Firewear brand.
• BUNKER BOOTS - Should be black in color similar to the Ranger brand or Pro Warrinton brand.

18.    ALL TURNOUT GEAR SHOULD MEET NFPA STANDARDS

19.    Only a Chief Officer is permitted to contact Lancaster County Wide Communications and request a tone test of an alerting pager device.

20.    Changes to this policy can only be made by the Fire Chief or by Fire Company majority vote during a Fire Company business meeting.

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Page last edited: 03/12/06

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