2004 AD Pay Plan
Digest Summary of Changes:

13.6, exhibit 01 - Sets out the revised Pay Plan for Emergency Workers (Casuals) which took effect
January 1, 2004. This 2004 pay plan makes the following changes from the plan previously in effect for 2003:

1. Clarifies that rates for positions not published in this pay plan or in a geographic area supplement
must be requested, justified, and approved in writing by the appropriate agency hiring official.

2. Adds a requirement to document the rate at the point of hire on the Single Resource Casual Hire
Information Form.

3. Removes the former authority to hire pilots at $45 per hour.

4. Clarifies that Area Commander, Type 1 or Type 2 Incident Commander, and
Type 1 or Type 2 Deputy Incident Commander positions may not be hired under the
provisions of this pay plan.

5. Clarifies that training hours are limited to 80 hours for an individual on a calendar- year basis.

6. Clarifies that training is not to exceed 120 hours per calendar-year for an individual in preparation
for fire emergencies when State or Federal licensing and/or certification requirements exist.

7. Permits the hiring of casuals during a transition period not to exceed 90 days following a natural
emergency.

8. Adds the requirement for hiring units to utilize the Single Resource Casual Hire Information Form
per agency policy; also adds a cross-reference to the direction in paragraph B2 to document
pay rates on this form.

9. Clarifies that, when the agency cannot furnish subsistence and lodging, reimbursement should
be made through the agency travel process following Agency Travel Regulations.

10. Adds the requirement that casuals hired under this pay plan may not have any direct or indirect
influence on the activities of, or financial relationship with, a privately owned company or contractor
involved in the incident.

11. Adds the requirement that, when casuals attend training to qualify for another position, if the full
performance is an AD-5 rate, the casual trainee shall be paid at a rate $3.00 less than the full
performance rate, but not less than the AD-4 rate for the classification area.

12. Renames as “Incident Position Matrix” the listing of correlating positions in the AD Pay Plan
with Rates 1-5 and clarifies that the rates are national standard rates for prescribed positions.

13. Adds AD rates for Incident Commander Type 5, Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT)
Coordinator, Display Processor, and Initial Attack Dispatcher.