City of Airdrie

Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec. 31, 2020. Ratified on July 5, 2019. Signed on Jan. 1, 2018.

Shift premium: $1 per hour for each hour worked between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. (not subject to overtime percentages).

Paid holidays: 12 days. Banked holiday time accrued and not scheduled for use by end of year will be paid out in pay period 24. Maximum 24 hours earned for Christmas Day and Boxing Day can be carried over for use in coming year.

Vacations with pay: For suppression staff: 2 weeks or 6.6% to start, 3 weeks or 6.6% after 5 years, 3 weeks or 8.8% after 6 years, 3 weeks or 11% after 13 years, 3 weeks or 13.2% after 24 years. For non-suppression staff: 2 weeks or 6% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 3 weeks or 8% after 6 years, 3 weeks or 10% after 13 years, 3 weeks or 13.2% after 24 years. Employees may carry-over time, maximum 1 year’s allotment of vacation minus 2 weeks (84 hours) or 3 weeks (126 hours).

Overtime: Time and one-half for all work in excess of scheduled regular hours. May be banked. Double time for all hours worked in excess of regular scheduled hours on statutory holiday.

Meal allowance: Employer will make provisions for supplying refreshments to firefighters on duty at incident or to those who have worked overtime for more than 3 hours or to firefighters who are called back and required to stand by for more than 3 hours and which occurs over normal meal time.

Sick leave: 12 hours per month, maximum accrual of 144 hours per year for firefighter; 8 hours per month, maximum accrual of 86 hours per year for non-suppression staff.

Pension: Employer will support participation in supplementary pension plan, which will be in addition to Local Authorities Pension Plan. Employer will contribute 3%, employee will contribute 2.5%.

Bereavement leave: 48 hours for death of relative (current spouse, son, daughter, ward, brother, sister, parent, parent of spouse or significant other, grandson, granddaughter, grandparent, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent of spouse or significant other, related dependant of employee living in household of employee). 12 hours for death of non-relative. Extension of maximum 24 hours may be granted for travel in excess of 300 kilometres (1 way).

Seniority – recall rights: 12 months for layoff; 24 months for absence due to illness, disability, injury.

Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay at double time. Pay will commence from time of page-out.

Probationary period: First year worked.

Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.

Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide firefighters with required seasonal uniform issue, personal protective clothing, specialized clothing and gear.

Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 4% increase):

Platoon chief 135%: $136,962.51 rising 2 steps to $142,495.79

Captain 122%: $123,773.52 rising 2 steps to $128,773.97

Senior firefighter 103.5%: $105,004.59 rising 2 steps to $109,246.77

First-class firefighter 100%: $101,453.71 rising 2 steps to $105,552.44

Firefighter second-class 92.5%: $93,844.68 rising 2 steps to $97,6360

Firefighter third-class 84.5%: $85,728.38 rising 2 steps to $89,191.81

Firefighter probationary 74.6%: $75,684.47 rising 2 steps to $78,742.12

Fire prevention officers

FPO level 3 122%: $123,773.52 rising 2 steps to $128,773.97

FPO level 2 112%: $113,628.15 rising 2 steps to $118,218.73

FPO level 1 106%: $107,540.93 rising 2 steps to $111,885.58

Editor’s notes: On-call: $2 per hour; defined as preplanned emergency response scheduling. Line-of-duty death: Employer agrees to contribute maximum $5,000 towards costs incurred to provide full honours line-of-duty death ceremonial service for active firefighter whose death has been attributed to work they perform on behalf of employer and ruled as compensable by WCB (Workers Compensation Board of Alberta). Service pay: $600 after 10 years of service; $800 after 15 years of service; $1,000 after 20 years of service; $1,200 after 25 years of service; $1,400 after 30 years of service.