How will the new County no-smoking policy be applied to EMSA applicants?
Are they considered grandfathered in? As per Florida Statute 633.34(6), Firefighters must be free from tobacco use (to include pipes, cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, or any other type of smoking or smokeless tobacco) for a period of 365 days prior to employment as a Firefighter. Personnel transitioning to Firefighter positions must be tobacco free from their date of hire with MCFR. All other personnel being hired from EMSA during the designated employment period for the transition will be grandfathered. 3) What will be the policy considering the EMSA EMT and Paramedics who cannot or do not want to be Fire certified? Are they going to be grandfathered in as not required? We anticipate that the transition to final deployment model will take approximately three fiscal years to complete. At that point, there will be a number of single-certified positions assigned to ambulances working under a schedule similar to that being worked today. There will probably be an opportunity to
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