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Show Employees help employees through leave sharing ; The Air Force voluntary civilian g is program one way for employees to help other employees in need. The program lets an employee donate annual leave to another worker who has leave-sharin- a medical '."PEOPLE, FIRST gram is alive and well," said Tina Barber, program manager for the Civilian Personnel Division. "Base employees were very generous last year in supwho were in porting their need. During the month of December alone, a total of 4,888 hours were donated a record." For details about donating leave, contact Barber in Bldg. 1245,: Room 12, or call Ext. al , co-work- absence from duty for a prolonged period of time and could result in a substantial loss of income. s. To illustrate the success of the program, 1,428 Air Force civilian employees received donated leave from Jan. 4, 1998, through Jan. 2. This accounts for 115,977 donated hours used by recipients last year. During that period, 9,189 Air Force civilian employees donated a total of 172,824 annual leave hours. "At Hill AFB, the ; Civilians can donate annual leave using Optional Form 630-A- . Individuals can apply to become a leave recipient using Optional Form 630. Both forms are available at civilian personnel flights. The applications are coordinated through the CPF for processing. pro- - leave-sharin- g mm 9 properly protected. The NBC mask is designed to provide extended protection against nuclear particles, biological and chemical agents. The 2 or canisters filter contaminated air, removing harmful elements. These filters are the NATO standard and used throughout the world. In fact, the filters work so well that they will be used on the new 2 Fighter to filter cockpit air and the pilot's breathing gas. The test program will ensure the masks provide the protection factor they are designed for. The minimum acceptable by Capt. Jerry Fenner 75th Medical Group and MSgt. Steve Ferreira C-- C-2- A Approximately 2,300 Hill AFB personnel will be involved in Air Force-wid- e fit tests of nuclear, biological and chemical masks. ,""' J The testing will be conducted jointly by the 75th Aerospace Medical Squadron's Bioenvironmental Engineering and 75th Civil Engineer Group's Readiness Division under the direction of Air Force Materiel Command. Tests begin today, protection factor is 2,000. This means and will be conducted on a unit basis in that the concentration of contaminants the Readiness Division office in Bldg. 30. outside of the mask is 2,000 times The individual tests involve than the concentration inside of thegreater mask. a variety of movements to verify that the A fitted mask properly typically provides mask maintains the protection factor a protection factor 20,000. However, a throughout the range of movement. Test mask that is the wrong size or not propscheduling will be coordinated through erly fitted will provide little or no proUnit Deployment Managers. tection. The goal of the fit test program is to This AFMC wide is scheduled ensure all personnel using the mask are to last 12 months. program ,' F-2- 20-minu- te View MTOtfaiiflfi Sat. testing begins 75th Civil Engineering Group emergency and who has exhausted his own paid leave. A med-icemergency is a medical condition of an employee or a family member that is expected to require the employee's M ask am -- ; lpm At Utah's Largest Locally Owned Home Furnishings And Floor Covering Store! HOW DOlHDIiJG! and GR001MG by Megan Harris Judy Jasek, DVM 825 East 300 North (Hwy. 193, next to IFA) mmmmn (mm 253231 '1 s r mm :Raiijger Super Cais man Stairs, coving, and other additional special installations are not included. See store for details. 7 Flooring -A 7 4S)S Faurdl EF-- H5 u Starting At Just & More u-u- Wfr.& uw I Ljamimueu WARRANTY 10 YEAR TO WEAR 1 Sq.Ft Cassette u,lt FOR V high pressure laminate liuuruig featuring enhanced core and water damage warranty. -y water-resista- nt IPdcp Air, v- u-- wu' $"T -- STAINS iSdfei Laminate Flooring bv Wilvmcm hiwnational Jtir. , - 6 1 H Installation Available From Granite! CW u wrj 2D i'.ii WATER DAMAGE 20 down required on all special orders USE YOUR GRANITE CREDIT CARD Most Other Major Credit Cards Accepted mm WMte .it ON fttmmMiim CUT 105QE21C0SO 1475WS0TH SO 565-444- 4 FURNITURE COMPANY SATURDAY 10 7 -- CLOSED SUNDAY CIUT.Z'sd 9l.r3 LAYTC:i rjx i 250234 349S |