Firefighter's Salary

[mdm911 5]

The general public will never understand that these numbers come from hours and hours of overtime.

Poughkeepsie Journal Article: Fire districts lead public pay with average $92,000 per year.

Firefighters in the Arlington, LaGrange and Fairview fire districts are the highest-paid workers among nearly 11,000 employees in 108 local governments and authorities, averaging gross pay of $92,353 in fiscal year 2010.

Link: Poughkeepsie Journal

[Guest jcnyc]

92k isnt enough when you have two man engines!

[JetPhoto 626]

I never realized the Lagrange Fire District responded to over 17,000 calls a year with only 22 employees! I don't know how DC911 can keep up.

Hey POJO if your going to write an article criticizing departments, get your facts correct!

[gamewell45 258]

I never realized the Lagrange Fire District responded to over 17,000 calls a year with only 22 employees! I don't know how DC911 can keep up.

Hey POJO if your going to write an article criticizing departments, get your facts correct!

Using POJO's figures, thats 46.57 alarms per day or 1.94 alarms per hour.

Must be some tired crews in LaGrange.

[Bnechis 3,961]

I never realized the Lagrange Fire District responded to over 17,000 calls a year with only 22 employees! I don't know how DC911 can keep up. Hey POJO if your going to write an article criticizing departments, get your facts correct!

Using POJO's figures, thats 46.57 alarms per day or 1.94 alarms per hour. Must be some tired crews in LaGrange.

Talk about 911 abuse. They have a population of 14,928 almost every person in the district must be calling.

[jack10562 414]

Hey POJO if your going to write an article criticizing departments, get your facts correct!

Rule number one in sensationalism reporting: never let the facts get in the way of a good story.

[PEMO3 523]

Every time the news has nothing to report they have to make a story. The easiest and quickest targets are public servants. Their salaries, stories of abuse or anything that will tug at the taxpayer bases heart strings are the prime reports. If they got the facts straight it wouldn't be sensational enough to read. Wonder if their salaries are FOILable?

Edited December 6, 2010 by PEMO3

[Beekman 5]

Pojo's 2nd Fire District story in a week and oh what is next Tuesday (14th)? Didn't we play this same game last year around this time?

[Guest anguspaddy]

I never realized the Lagrange Fire District responded to over 17,000 calls a year with only 22 employees! I don't know how DC911 can keep up.

Hey POJO if your going to write an article criticizing departments, get your facts correct!

There is no way that lagrange runs 17,000 calls a year,

looks like the pojo screwed up its numbers again

[jd783 64]

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/funeral-edward-stringer-firefighter-pensions-controversy-salary-20101229

Great surmon from the priest at CFD LODD Funeral and of course the expert opinion after that from our friends the news media

[Guest BillyBlazes]

I like how people with jobs are the enemy. Just sit on the couch with your hand out and you will be fine.