Visitors and Visiting Hours
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I. Actual language negotiated by Local 1834, Fort Wainwright:
Policy/Procedures:
- Visiting hours for duty personnel are at the end of normal working hours 1730 to 2030.
- All fire department operations have priority over visiting hours. Emergency responses and drills will have priority. Visiting hours will not be changed by any member of this fire department except for the fire chief. Assistant fire chiefs CANNOT CHANGE THESE HOURS.
- Visitor’s sponsors must check in and out with the Station Chief/Captain to inform them that a visitor will be arriving during visiting hours. Visitors may not just show up at the front door and expect to disrupt the scheduled operations of the shift.
- Federal holiday visiting hours are normally between 1400 and 2030 hours as long as the stay doesn’t interrupt or interfere with station operations or the normal work routine.
- No intoxicated visitors will be permitted in the fire stations at any time.
- Visitors will be restricted to the Kitchen/day room areas only, and will not have access to the training room, berthing areas, dispatch, floor, or any office used for official business. Visitors will be allowed on the apparatus floor when accompanied by an escort.
- Kitchen cooking facilities are normally for the on duty shift, but arrangements can be made with the duty Assistant Chief. All visitors using the Kitchen facilities will clean up after themselves.
- If dependent children regardless of age are in the station then the TV must be off or on a channel with a G rating. This includes the news that may have PG material.
- Under no circumstances will any visitors be allowed in the station after 2030 hours.
- Visiting is not allowed within the Alarm room. If a member receives a guest while on assigned to the dispatch, he/she must arrange for a dispatch relief.
- This procedure does includes married member’s who may be visiting their spouse and must follow all the above requirements. Adult aged dependent children will followed all requirements as well.
This Administrative procedure supersedes all orders of a previous date
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