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New employees who join the City after the start of the calendar year will receive floating holidays on a prorated basis. Floating holidays are not cumulative and must be taken in the same calendar year credited and do not accumulate or carry over to subsequent years. Section 10. Documentation Regarding Organized Mess In order that all members of each fire company are available at all times to respond to emergencies as quickly and efficiently as possible, and in order to provide for harmony and fellowship among the members of fire companies,there shall be a common organized mess at each fire station to which all bargaining unit employees assigned to that station shall be required to contribute on a daily basis. The Captain on each shift at each station shall normally make all assignments as to the duties to be performed by those employees in regard to the common mess. The Employer shall not be responsible for financially supporting or otherwise paying the cost of any on duty meal. Employees may be exempted from the common mess only for valid medical or religious reasons that have been verified to the City's satisfaction. This provision is intended to satisfy Internal Revenue Service requirements as to the existence of a requirement that employees contribute to an organized mess. Section 11. Fire Prevention Certificate Pay Fire prevention personnel hired after July 1,2012 shall receive an additional four percent(4%)of base salary for obtaining the California Fire Service Training and Education System Fire Prevention Officer (Level 1)certificate. Section 12. Paramedic Program and Compensation 12.1 Program Description The Department intends to maintain advanced life support("ALS")capability through the assignment of one(1)designated Firefighter/Paramedic on each Engine Company and each Truck Company.Employees hired as Firefighter/Paramedics must maintain their paramedic licenses and participate in the paramedic program as a condition of employment,unless allowed to withdraw from the program in accordance with Section 12.3 below. 12.2 Paramedic Staffing Minimum paramedic staffing shall consist of one assigned Firefighter/Paramedic per Company. 12.3 W1 ithdrat%al Process 14