Purpose:

This SAP is to establish a standard set of guidelines for personnel using the telephones.

Policy:

Telephones are for company business – personal use shall be limited.

If a personal phone call is dialed or received, the member should keep the phone call duration to a minimum.

If the member needs to place a long distance call, he/she will use the fax line at station 2 (361-2554) or 325-1051 at Station 1 and keep the call duration to a minimum.

No personal phone calls should be received after twenty three hundred (2300) hours or before zero seven hundred (0700) hours.

Cell Phones

Members should not use department cell phones for personal use unless in an emergency situation.

Cell phones are not to be used while driving under emergency conditions or while transporting patients unless used for emergency transmission of information pertinent to the incident.

When on duty, all personal cellular phones should be kept on a silent or vibrate alert function when out of the stations. This pertains to both on and off incidents. Persons utilizing “downloaded ringtones” shall keep their phones on vibrate or silent at all times while at work.

Excessive use of personal cell phones for conversations or texting is not acceptable.