Adams v. City of Norfolk

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are certified firefighters, but they are cross-trained to provide varying levels of emergency medical services (“EMS”) as part of their job duties at the City of Norfolk’s Department of Fire and Paramedical Services (“NFPS”). They contend that their simultaneous service as emergency medical personnel defeats the partial exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime requirements for “employee[s] in fire protec*152tion services,”…