Fire Department: Special CPR Pay.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 350-152.5
in effect350-152.5. Fire Department: Special CPR Pay.
1. POSITIONS ELIGIBLE. Employees in the position of assistant chief, fire, shall be eligible for annual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) payments under this section.
2. COMPENSATION. An employee who has successfully completed an approved course in CPR shall receive a compensation of $200 in addition to his or her base pay.
3. ADMINISTRATION. a. Payments made under sub. 2 shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable after December 31 of the year in which they were earned. Prorata adjustment to the nearest calendar month on the basis of time served as CPR-qualified shall be made for those employees who have held CPR qualified status for less than one calendar year. For the purpose of prorating, an employee who has held CPR-qualified status for at least 14 days in a calendar month, exclusive of any mandatory furlough time, shall be deemed as having held CPR-qualified status for the full calendar month; if an employee has held CPR-qualified status less than 14 days in a calendar month, the employee shall be deemed as not having held CPR-qualified status at all during the calendar month.
b. An employee who separates from active service on account of voluntary resignation or normal service retirement during a calendar year shall receive the amount set forth in sub. 2 prorated on the basis of his or her active service during that calendar year computed to the nearest calendar month.
c. Except for employees who separate from active service during a calendar year on account of normal service retirement or voluntary resignation, employees shall be in active service on December 31 of a calendar year to be eligible for that calendar year’s payment.
d. Payments made under this section shall not be construed as being part of an employee’s base pay and shall not be included in the computation of any other fringe benefit.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-3/CH350-sub7.pdf#page=8Fetched: 10/26/2026