; and (7) the term wildfire incident means a wildland fire originating from an unplanned ignition, such as lightning, volcanos, unauthorized and accidental human-caused fires, and prescribed fires that are declared wildfires. (b) A covered employee is eligible for incident standby premium pay under this section when meeting all of the following conditions: (1) The employee is deployed to the field by the employing agency to respond to a qualifying incident. (2) The employee is placed by the employing agency in continuous duty status during the incident deployment. (3) Any periods of sleeping and resting occur in a field location associated with the duty assignment. (c) A covered employee who meets the conditions in subsection (b) is entitled to incident standby premium pay for designated sleep and rest periods, and such pay shall be the only compensation payable to the employee for those periods, notwithstanding any other law. Such premium pay shall be paid at an hourly rate equal to 50 percent of the employee’s hourly rate of basic pay, rounded to the nearest whole cent. In determining an employee’s minimum wage and overtime pay entitlements under the Fair Labor Standards Act, incident standby premium pay and associated hours shall be disregarded. (d) A covered employee’s designated sleep and rest periods shall be fixed at 9 hours for every 24-hour duty period associated with a qualifying incident, including necessary travel time. If the hours of an incident deployment are not an exact multiple of 24-hour periods, the ratio of 9/24 shall be multiplied by hours for the less-than-24-hours period of duty to derive the designated sleep and rest period for that duty period, with the result rounded to the nearest fractional increment established by the agency in tracking hours of work. (e) Incident standby premium pay under this section— (1) is not considered part of the basic pay of an employee for any purpose