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We've taken the timekeeping guide and broken it up into individual sections. Each topic is listed below as a link, most to PDF documents. To read those particular documents you'll need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader v. 6.0 or higher loaded on your computer. If you need to get it, click here --> GET ACROBAT READER.

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Recent changes to the website

I. Tour of Duty/Pay Provisions

1. Assignments (12.1)
2. Travel and related waiting time (12.3)
3. Ordered Standby (12.4)
4. Off-Shift Time (12.5)
5. Meal Periods (12.6)
6. Work/Rest & Recuperation (12.7)
7. Other Pay Provisions (12.8)
8. Hazardous Duty/Environmental Differences (12.9-12.10)
9. USFWS EIB 01-03 - Compensation for Travel Time During Nonduty Hours
10. OPM Q&A - Holiday Premium Pay and Travel

II. Pay Cap Removal/Fire Fighter Overtime Rate

1. Message Code "LB" - Removal of Biweekly Salary Limitation with T&A Coding Example
2. Public Law 100-523 (reprint)
3. Pay Code 113 Premium Pay for Work in Connection with an Emergency with T&A Coding Example
4. DOI Memo - Overtime Pay and Maximum Earnings Limitation for Employees Engaged in Fire Suppression Activities
5. Public Law 106-558; OPM Memo dated January 25, 2001

III. Hazardous Duty/Environmental Differential

1. Pay Plans - Pay Codes with T&A Coding Example
2. FPPS T&A Pay Codes Manual Chapter

IV. Cost Accounting

1. Coding the Cost Structure Field
2. Fire Account Salary Guide

V. Time & Attendance (T&A) Coding Instruction

1. General Instructions
2. Amended T&A Reporting
3. FPPS T&A Screen
4. T&A Coding Example
5. Commonly Used Pay Codes

VI. Casuals/AD's

1. General Information
2. Regional Casual Pay Specialists
3. Instructions and Sample OF-288 for Emergency Hire Firefighters
4. 2008 DOI AD Pay Plan
5. 2008 AD Pay Plan Instructional Memorandum
6. Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook

VII. Travel

1. Per Diem
2. Sample Limited Open Travel Authorization
3. Updated Travel Procedures for FY 2004
4. Purchase Feature of the Integrated Charge Card - Fire Management Operations
5. Emergency Incident Travel Phone Numbers

VIII. Commissary

1. General Information
2. Sample OF-288 for Commissary Charges (and COP)
3. Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook, Chapter 10 - Section 14 - Commissary

IX. Miscellaneous

1. Definitions
2. Military Time
3. State Alpha Codes
4. 1040-Hour Appointment - Training

X. Forms

1. OF-286 - Emergency Equipment Use Invoice*
2. OF-288 - Emergency Firefighter Time Report*
3. OF-297 - Emergency Equipment Shift Ticket*
4. SF-261 - Crew Time Report*
5. SF-1012 - Travel Voucher
6. SF-1164 - Claim for Reimbursement
7. Time and Attendance Checklist

   * Forms not available electronically