Employees who are members of Stanhope Hose Company
No. 1 shall be permitted to leave their duties to respond to fire
calls only when said calls involve structure fires, car fires or similar
emergency situations in which there is significant and imminent threat
to life or property. Said employees shall be permitted to respond
to minor situations only when no one else is available or additional
manpower is required, as determined by the fire official in charge
of the scene. Employees responding under these conditions shall do
so without loss of pay or accumulated leave.
Any employee who is a member of a Fire Department
in another municipality shall not be permitted to leave his/her duties
to respond to fire calls in his/her Fire Department's jurisdiction
or elsewhere except under extraordinary circumstances requiring additional
manpower, as determined by the fire official at the scene and as authorized
by his/her supervisor.
Paid members of the State Forestry Service who leave
during working hours or while otherwise performing duties for the
borough to respond to Forestry Service calls shall be charged an equivalent
amount of vacation pay or forfeit their pay for the time they are
gone. Hourly employees must stamp their time cards ("punch out") upon
leaving and likewise ("punch in") upon returning.
Any employee who is a member of the Stanhope-Netcong
Ambulance Corps shall be permitted to leave his/her duties to respond
to calls only when it has been determined that no one else is available
or that there is an otherwise genuine emergency situation requiring
his/her involvement. Any employee responding under these conditions
shall do so without loss of pay or accumulated leave.
Employees who are members of any other rescue, first-aid
or ambulance squad shall not be permitted to leave their duties to
respond to calls except under extraordinary conditions requiring additional
manpower and as authorized by their supervisors.