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Fire and Rescue Services

In 2009, 622 employees of the City of Vancouver's Fire and Rescue Services department were paid more than $75,000, $53.5M in total, with a median of $81,180.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, employee remuneration over $75,000.

$53.5M
paid to 622 employees over $75,000, 2009
median $81,180 · 40% of the year's total · +14% employees on 2008

Employees over $75,000, by year

547 employees in 2008 · 731 employees in 2016

Click a year to see its amount.

Roles held by at least 3 people, 2009

Firefighter384 people · median $78,370$30.5M
Fire Captain83 people · median $95,138$7.9M
Fire Lieutenant60 people · median $91,053$5.5M
Fire Rescue Officer27 people · median $87,813$2.4M
Fire Prevention Inspector16 people · median $84,619$1.4M
Battalion Chief12 people · median $110,394$1.3M
Training Officer6 people · no median under 10 people$598k
Machinist Mechanic Fire5 people · no median under 10 people$394k
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Deputy Fire Chief4 people · no median under 10 people$696k
Fire Prevention Captain4 people · no median under 10 people$386k

Year by year

2016731 employees · median $97,656$74.5M2015753 employees · median $112,325$87.3M2014696 employees · median $87,008$64.0M2013672 employees · median $86,111$61.7M2012690 employees · median $90,472$65.9M2011654 employees · median $82,584$57.0M
Show 3 more2010672 employees · median $81,721$58.3M
2009622 employees · median $81,180$53.5M
2008547 employees · median $81,918$46.6M
About these figures

19 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (21 people, $2.4M) are counted in the department total and not listed.

Departments are listed under the name the City used each year; a renamed department appears as a separate fiche.

The threshold has been $75,000 in every year of the schedule. As pay rises, more employees cross it, so part of the growth in headcount is wages, not hiring. No police department appears among the schedule's departments.