The average work-week for fire suppression personnel assigned to a shift shall be fifty-six (56) hours, which is calculated over a twenty-four (24) day (576 hour) period. The work schedule shall consist of twenty-four (24) hour shifts on duty followed by twenty-four (24) hours off duty. The work schedule shall consist of a system of three (3) platoons (A, B, C shifts). The shift cycle shall be based on a twenty-four (24) day rotating schedule, which is based on the District's FLSA cycle of twenty-four (24) days (576 hours).

The shift pattern shall consist of four (4), twenty-four (24) hour shifts on duty, separated by three (3), twenty-four (24) hour shifts off duty; followed by ninety-six (96) consecutive hours off duty; which is followed by another four (4), twenty-four (24) hour shifts on duty, separated by three (3), twenty-four (24) hour shifts off duty; followed by one hundred and forty-four (144) consecutive hours off duty (commonly referred to as a "4-4-4-6" cycle).