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City of Laramie Serious Incident Testing Documentation Effective 4-1-2013 All City of Laramie employees are subject to Serious Incident Testing. In all incidents in which a Serious Incident occurs, the City of Laramie Safety Officer shall be contacted. If the Serious Incident involves someone other than a Laramie Fire Department employee, the On-duty Shift Commander at the LFD will be contacted to respond to the scene of the serious incident and act as the Safety Officer. The Safety Officer or supervisor of employee shall also contact the Department Head of the affected division or department. 1. Serious incidents shall include all cases in which: there is an injury; there is any damage involving an occupied City vehicle, or there is any damage to private or government property, or discharge of a firearm (except during training exercises, qualifications, or in the duty of animal control); while on duty a. Using the foregoing as a conceptual guideline, the Safety Officer or the involved employee’s supervisors may in their discretion determine that other incidents are serious enough to require serious incident testing. b. The Safety Officer shall make the final determination, in cooperation with the involved employee’s supervisor, if Serious Incident Testing shall be required. 2. An employee who is involved in a serious incident while on duty shall be tested for alcohol and drugs as soon as practicable after the incident. An alcohol test shall be administered within two hours of the incident; if it is not, the supervisor shall prepare and maintain on file a record stating the reason why the test was not administered. If a drug test is not administered within 32 hours following the incident, the City shall cease attempts to administer a drug test, and the supervisor shall prepare and maintain on file a record stating the reasons why the test was not administered. 3. An employee who is subject to serious incident testing shall remain readily available for such testing, or may be deemed by the City to have refused to submit to testing. Leaving the scene for medical attention, and being unavailable while receiving medical attention, standing alone, are not considered a refusal. 4. Failure to provide adequate breath for testing without a valid medical explanation; failure to provide adequate urine for controlled substance testing without a valid medical explanation, or conduct which clearly obstructs the testing process, shall be treated as a refusal to be tested. Positive Alcohol Test In the event of a positive alcohol test, the tested employee shall immediately notify HR of that result; employee shall not operate a motor vehicle; and shall remain at the testing facility until instructed by HR otherwise. Excerpt from pages 4and 5 of the Serious Incident & Laramie Fire Department / Laramie Police Department Random Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy. ---PAGE BREAK--- City of Laramie Serious Incident Testing Documentation Effective 4-1-2013 Date of Accident Time of Accident Location of Accident Name of Employee Citizen Name NOTES: Employee Sent for Serious Incident Post-Accident Tests? Yes No IF NO, EXPLAIN ON NEXT PAGE Supervisor Signature Safety Officer Signature After office hours, please contact dispatch (non-emergency number) [PHONE REDACTED] for contact information on testing. As per policy, safety officer or supervisor of employee shall also contact the Department Head (or designee) of the affected division or department, leave a message if no answer: CMO 721-5226 Admin Services 721-5223 Com. Dev. 721-5288 Fire 721-5302 HR 721-5229 Parks & Rec. 721-5260 Public Works 721-5241 Police 721-3552 ---PAGE BREAK--- City of Laramie Serious Incident Testing Documentation Effective 4-1-2013 Why were Serious Incident Post-Accident Tests not conducted?