Gold Standard: Fire Department Family Planning/Reproductive Health Policy Kit

• Pregnancy Policy with 2024 Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act updated guidelines

• Gold Standard Family Planning Policy and Resource Guide / Informal with references

• Gold Standard Family Planning Policy / Formal SOP Language

• Family Planning Resource Guide

• Physician’s Evaluation Form for Pregnant Firefighter

• Sample Letter from the Fire Chief

• Family Care Form (modified duty request for early pregnancy, adoption/fostering, trying to conceive that keeps your request internal and not involving HR)

Associated Policies and Documents

• NFPA 1582, Chapter 9.14: Pregnancy and Reproductive Health

• FMLA Policy

• Lactation Policy

• Guarantee Modified Duty Position During Pregnancy - Alameda FD

• Menopause Policy - Victoria, BC

• Menopause Policy - London, UK

• Medical: Clearance for Pregnant Firefighter (sample form to have completed by physician)

• Medical: Return to Work Form (sample form to have completed by physician)

Get your Union Involved

• Make Fertility Treatment a Presumptive Illness: Washington State Council of Fire Fighters

• Request Your Local or Department Make These Changes (if they haven’t already)

Miscellaneous

• Draft of Letter to a Fire Chief When Accommodations for Pregnancy are Denied

• Congressional History of Pregnancy Discrimination in the U.S. | Library of Congress

• California Bill 1024: 26 weeks postpartum leave for female firefighters

Comparables: actual department Policies, forms and resource guides:

• Gig Harbor Fire & Rescue

• Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority - Resource Guide

• South King County - Policy