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Vancouver Fire Rescue Services

In 2024, 913 employees of the City of Vancouver's Vancouver Fire Rescue Services department were paid more than $75,000, $124M in total, with a median of $133,773.

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

$124M
paid to 913 employees over $75,000, 2024
median $133,773 · 21% of the year's total · +6.0% employees on 2023

Employees over $75,000, by year

798 employees in 2022 · 929 employees in 2025

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Roles held by at least 3 people, 2024

Firefighter608 people · median $125,223$76.8M
Fire Lieutenant103 people · median $154,870$16.3M
Fire Captain88 people · median $159,027$14.0M
Fire Prevention Inspector20 people · median $127,368$2.5M
Fire Prevention Captain18 people · median $153,205$2.7M
Battalion Chief14 people · median $181,296$2.4M
Training Officer12 people · median $157,901$1.9M
Deputy Fire Chief7 people · no median under 10 people$1.4M
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Machinist Mechanic Fire7 people · no median under 10 people$958k
Assistant Chief Operations/sp Team4 people · no median under 10 people$728k
Clerk IV3 people · no median under 10 people$236k
Fire Investigator3 people · no median under 10 people$485k

Year by year

2025929 employees · median $142,032$134M
2024913 employees · median $133,773$124M
2023861 employees · median $136,947$118M2022798 employees · median $129,660$104M
About these figures

The City’s remuneration schedule lists this department as “VFRS” in 2024; the name is written out here.

20 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (26 people, $4.2M) 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.