4896 Work Schedule

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48/96 Work Schedule

• Part of the Alternative Work Schedule Committee
  Report

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The Basics

• Two consecutive 24-hour shifts on duty, followed
  by four consecutive twenty-four hour days off
  duty.
• Modified Detroit
• XOXOXOX OOOO
• 48/96
• XXOOOO

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Calendar
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Departments working the 48/96

• Woodinville - 1/2006
• SeaTac 1/2007
• Tukwila 1/2008
• Redmond 4/2008
• Bothell 6/2008
• Eastside 1/2009
• Kirkland 1/2010

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M.D. and 48/96 are both

• 3 Platoon, ABC
• 56 hours per week (without K-days)

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Employee/Family Benefits

• Four-day periods off
• MD 40 per year
• 48/96 60 per year (50 increase)
• Mornings at Home (not traveling to or from work)
• MD 3 of every 9, 120 per year
• 48/96 3 of every 6, 180 per year (50 increase)

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Benefits Contd

• Complete Weekends Off
• MD
• 3 out of 9
• 33 of weekends off
• 17 per year
• 48/96
• 3 out of 6
• 50 of weekends off
• 26 per year

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Benefits Contd

• Work one weekend day (Sat. or Sun.)
• MD 35
• 48/96 17 (50 reduction)
• of Days commuting per year
• MD 120
• 48/96 60 (50 savings in fuel)

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Commute Reduction

• All 50 members drive 2435 miles for one round
  trip.
• At 4.17 per gallon and 18 mpg, this is 564
• At 9 shifts per month, this is 5,076
• At 12 months per year, this is 60,923
• Average of 1,218 per member.
• 48/96 would save an average of 609 per member,
  per year.

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Benefits Contd

• Increased productivity at work.
• Increased productivity at home.
• Decrease in duplicated work (rig checks,
  shopping).
• Improved morale (U of W study w/ Woodinville).
• Reduction in shift trades (151 to 71 for
  Woodinville).
• Increased approval rating after trial period.

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Transition

• Go from a 27-day cycle to a 24-day cycle (13.5
  cycles per year to 15.2 cycles per year).
• Address the daily schedule for second shift.

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Concerns over Fatigue

• Those working the 48/96 report less fatigue than
  working the MD.
• Members stated that their levels of fatigue were
  comparable or higher than the 2nd shift on the
  48/96.
• 50 increase in rest periods (4-days).
• 50 increase in sleep in days.
• More forgiving than the MD in working OT or
  trades.
• Can work 20 additional shifts per year and still
  have the same number of 4-day periods as the MD.

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Current Rest Periods (MD)
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Rest periods on 48/96
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West Metro Fire

• Covers 110 square miles in Lakewood, CO.
• 340 paid firefighters
• 15 stations
• 26,000 calls annually

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Evaluation of the 48/96

• Conducted by St. Anthony Central Hospital.

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Weekly hours of sleep (n69)
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Avg. of hours sleep per night
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Avg. of times awakened during night
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Pattern of Sleep (n129)
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Reduced Injuries
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Reduced hours of sick leave
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Summary

• 48/96 is a growing trend.
• Those who have gone to it have reported
• Reduced fatigue
• Increased productivity at home and work
• Improved morale
• Reduction in commute
• After a trial period, none of the departments
  found have gone away from the 48/96.