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ARTICLE 14 <br />UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT <br />14.01 The Employer will allocate sufficient funds to provide an initial allotment, and replacement <br />in accordance with Article 14.02, for trousers (style to be determined by management), <br />shirts, t -shirts, short -sleeve and long -sleeve polo shirts, shoes, hats, job shirts, jumpsuits, <br />cap, badge and name plate. The Employer also will provide protective clothing and <br />devices; bunker coat and bunker pants made of Nomex or similar material, boots, helmets, <br />shatter -resistant face shield, gloves, safety glasses for welding and metal cutting, two (2) <br />protective hoods and any other safety equipment deemed necessary by management. <br />14.02 Uniforms and protective clothing shall be worn, and devices used, in accordance with <br />District rules and this Agreement. The aforementioned items shall be replaced upon being <br />lost, or becoming worn or damaged as determined by management. Replacement items <br />will be ordered within seven (7) business days of being reported lost by the employee or <br />identified by management as worn or damaged, unless purchasing requirements necessitate <br />additional time constraints, in which case the items will be ordered as soon as reasonably <br />possible. All items to be replaced must be returned to the Department before new items <br />will be issued. Employees shall be responsible for the replacement cost for any lost items, <br />or items damaged through the employee's negligence. Whenever practical, replacement <br />will be made on the said employee's scheduled shift. <br />14.03 The Employer, upon request, will provide bed linens, consisting of pillow cases, fitted <br />sheets and flat sheets. Such linens shall be replaced on an annual basis. <br />14.04 The District agrees to reimburse the full cost for eye glasses and contact lenses not to <br />exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for wrist <br />watches, damaged in the line of duty, provided that the damage was not caused by <br />negligence, and that adequate proof of such damage, the circumstances of the event, and <br />proof of original purchase price are presented to the appropriate supervisor and approved <br />by the Fire Chief. <br />21 <br />