With the exception of sworn police officers, all full-time employees
of Suffolk County who have been continuously employed for at least
three years and are active members of a Suffolk County volunteer fire
or EMS agency and also maintain an EMT or higher certification shall
be considered eligible for reimbursement of two vacation or personal
days per calendar year.
EMTs or paramedics who are paid for their services, or fail
to respond to a minimum of 50% or 200, whichever is less, of their
department's emergency ambulance calls in one calendar year shall
be deemed ineligible for the reimbursement.
Upon completion of EMT certification, eligible employees shall
submit documentation from their volunteer fire or EMS agency detailing
the emergency ambulance calls to which they responded, along with
any other relevant documentation required for accuracy and compliance
by the Suffolk County Department of Health, Division of EMS.
Pursuant to §
C6-2 of the Suffolk County Charter, the Personnel Officer, as Director of the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service, is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to issue such regulations as he deems necessary to implement this article.