[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.1302]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart M--Firefighter Pay
 
Sec. 550.1302  Definitions.

    In this subpart:
    Annual rate of basic pay (except as otherwise provided in 
Secs. 550.1305 and 550.1308) means the annual rate fixed under the rate 
schedule applicable to

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the position held by the firefighter, including a locality rate schedule 
established under 5 U.S.C. 5304 or a special rate schedule established 
under 5 U.S.C. 5305, before any deductions and exclusive of additional 
pay of any other kind.
    Basic 40-hour workweek means--
    (1) A standard 40-hour workweek consisting of five 8-hour workdays 
that is part of the firefighter's regular tour of duty; or
    (2) A designated block of hours within a firefighter's regular tour 
of duty that, on a fixed and recurring basis, consists of 40 hours of 
actual work during each administrative week (or 80 hours of actual work 
in each biweekly pay period), excluding sleep and standby duty hours, 
provided the regular tour of duty does not consist primarily of 24-hour 
shifts.
    Firefighter means an employee--
    (1) Who is in a position covered by the General Schedule and 
classified in the GS-081 Fire Protection and Prevention classification 
series, consistent with standards published by the Office of Personnel 
Management; and
    (2) Whose regular tour of duty, as in effect throughout the year, 
averages at least 106 hours per biweekly pay period.
    Firefighter hourly rate of basic pay means an hourly rate computed 
by dividing the applicable annual rate of basic pay by 2756 hours, as 
described in Sec. 550.1303.
    Irregular hours means hours of work that are outside a firefighter's 
regular tour of duty.
    Overtime hours means hours of work in excess of 106 hours in a 
biweekly pay period, or, if the agency establishes a weekly basis for 
overtime pay computations, hours of work in excess of 53 hours in an 
administrative workweek.
    Overtime pay means pay for overtime hours.
    Regular tour of duty means a firefighter's official work schedule, 
as established by the employing agency on a regular and recurring basis 
(or on a temporary basis in cases where a temporary change in schedules 
results in a reduction in regular work hours or a change in the pay 
computation method used under Sec. 550.1303). The tour of duty may 
consist of a fixed number of hours each week or a fixed recurring cycle 
of work schedules in which the number of hours per week varies in a 
repeating pattern. The regular tour of duty includes only those overtime 
hours that are part of the fixed recurring work schedule. However, 
irregular hours are deemed to be included in a firefighter's regular 
tour of duty if those hours are substituted for hours in the regular 
tour of duty for which leave without pay is taken, as provided in 
Sec. 550.1303(d).