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(i) After completion of one (1) year continuous departmental service <br /> uninterrupted by resignation or discharge: 10 duty days <br /> (ii) After completion of seven (7) years continuous departmental service <br /> uninterrupted by resignation or discharge: 15 duty days <br /> (iii) After completion of fourteen (14) years continuous departmental service <br /> uninterrupted by resignation or discharge: 20 duty days <br /> (iv) After completion of twenty (20) years continuous departmental service <br /> uninterrupted by resignation or discharge: 22 duty days <br /> Section 2. Eligibility for vacations and method of selection of vacation periods shall be <br /> based upon seniority. All vacation must be selected during the mandatory vacation process <br /> selection period which shall be concluded no later than the December 3 of each calendar year. <br /> Vacation Selection. (Refer to Exhibit G) <br /> Section 3. Not more than four employees in the classified fire fighting service shall be <br /> allowed off duty for vacation or holiday leave at the same time. <br /> Section 4. Fire Inspectors shall select vacation and holiday time off separately and <br /> such selection shall not diminish the scheduling opportunities of fire suppression employees. <br /> ARTICLE 10 <br /> HOLIDAYS <br /> Section 1. In lieu of holiday pay, 24-hour shift employees in the classified fire fighting <br /> service shall receive two working days leave each year in accordance with departmental rules. <br /> Such days of leave may be taken at any time during the year at the selection of the employee <br /> with the approval of the Battalion Chief on the respective employee's shift and subject to the <br /> other applicable provisions of this Memorandum. Effective May 1, 2009, holiday time off shall <br /> be reduced to one (1) 24-hour shift. <br /> Section 2. A 24-hour shift employee may divide not more than one holiday into two 12- <br /> hour paid leaves. A request for a full holiday by one employee shall have priority over a request <br /> for a divided day, as herein provided, by another employee only if such request for a full holiday <br /> is submitted prior to 6:00 P.M. on the duty day preceding the duty day so requested. All <br /> requests to divide a holiday must be submitted prior to January 1. <br /> Section 3. Fire Inspectors and employees assigned as Fire Inspectors shall have time <br /> off with pay on the following holidays: <br /> New Year's Day Independence Day Thanksgiving Day <br /> Martin Luther King Day Labor Day Friday after Thanksgiving <br /> Presidents' Day National Election Day Christmas Day <br /> Good Friday Veterans Day One Unscheduled Holiday <br /> Memorial Day <br /> 15 <br />