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Fire and Rescue Services

In 2012, 690 employees of the City of Vancouver's Fire and Rescue Services department were paid more than $75,000, $65.9M in total, with a median of $90,472.

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

$65.9M
paid to 690 employees over $75,000, 2012
median $90,472 · 36% of the year's total · +5.5% employees on 2011

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, 2012

Firefighter453 people · median $88,395$40.2M
Fire Captain81 people · median $108,699$8.8M
Fire Lieutenant81 people · median $101,798$8.3M
Battalion Chief13 people · median $122,596$1.5M
Fire Prevention Captain8 people · no median under 10 people$870k
Fire Prevention Inspector8 people · no median under 10 people$770k
Training Officer7 people · no median under 10 people$813k
Machinist Mechanic Fire6 people · no median under 10 people$608k
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Deputy Fire Chief4 people · no median under 10 people$637k
Fire Investigator4 people · no median under 10 people$413k

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$61.7M
2012690 employees · median $90,472$65.9M
2011654 employees · median $82,584$57.0M
Show 3 more2010672 employees · median $81,721$58.3M2009622 employees · median $81,180$53.5M2008547 employees · median $81,918$46.6M
About these figures

24 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (25 people, $3.0M) 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.