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For the 27th year, the career fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department activity levels, funding, staffing and pay. A total of 271 fire departments took part in this year's survey, representing 45 states, the District of Columbia and 7 Canadian provinces. The departments represented in this latest survey protect 78,297,462 people, and they have budgets totaling more than $12 billion (budgets are listed in millions of dollars). They provide this service with 3,860 engine companies, 1,380 ladder companies, 1,559 ambulances and numerous other specialized units. They responded to 1,829,199 fire calls, 7,236,854 EMS calls and 10,412,376 total calls last year.
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Scott Miller Pay Scales & Staffing 2007 DEPARTMENT FF FF TOP MEDIC MEDIC START PAY START TOP PAY PAY PAY Anniston, AL 28,110 42,000 31,000 44,000 Birmingham, AL 32,988 49,691 36,046 54,660 Decatur, AL 32,001 49,350 32,001 59,350 Dothan, AL 29,452 45,094 32,102 49,152 Florence, AL 26,126 30,737 NA NA Tuscaloosa, AL 38,475 51,054 41,725 54,304 Chandler, AZ 41,164 58,240 47,338 64,414 Gilbert, AZ 43,565 60,990 48,965 66,390 Glendale, AZ 40,126 59,284 NA NA Maricopa, AZ 47,000 63,000 52,231 68,531 Mesa, AZ 43,846 59,114 52,628 65,649 Scottsdale, AZ 44,349 62,054 49,749 67,454 Surprise, AZ 46,300 60,948 51,978 66,626 Tempe, AZ 40,160 59,838 52,433 65,822 Tucson, AZ 41,845 54,833 41,845 63,568 Anaheim, CA 70,000 86,000 80,000 96,000 Apple Valley, CA 42,612 54,552 48,612 60,552 Auburn, CA 42,000 51,600 NA NA Bakersfield, CA 50,011 65,961 50,011 65,961 Camp Roberts, CA 42,468 51,024 NA NA Contra Costa County, CA 68,530 83,299 75,364 91,606 El Cajon, CA 51,688 62,928 58,269 71,024 Fresno, CA 54,672 69,732 NA NA Hemet, CA 49,692 66,744 NA NA Long Beach, CA 51,680 71,113 56,403 82,774 Los Angeles City, CA 51,824 75,690 51,824 89,116 Los Angeles County, CA 55,330 80,882 65,110 95,181 Modesto, CA 51,580 62,697 53,643 NA Mountain Ranch, CA 29,000 39,000 NA NA Ontario, CA 54,911 66,744 69,226 81,059 Pasadena, CA 61,268 70,965 72,068 82,868 Redding, CA 47,786 58,065 NA NA Salinas, CA 62,436 79,704 70,241 89,667 San Francisco, CA 65,806 92,092 NA 106,418 San Luis Obispo, CA 50,882 69,420 59,212 77,750 Santa Cruz City, CA 60,708 81,252 68,832 89,376 Santa Rosa, CA 63,516 76,248 69,867 83,872 Seaside, CA 55,637 70,794 NA NA Somerset, CA 50,400 53,496 54,000 57,289 Stockton, CA 49,668 74,076 54,113 82,224 Vacaville, CA 75,674 91,982 85,133 103,479 Watsonville, CA 49,464 66,288 NA NA Adams County, CO 34,500 58,349 40,500 58,477 Arvada, CO 42,197 65,013 NA NA Aurora, CO 41,585 65,183 67,015 71,706 Boulder, CO 47,939 62,193 NA NA Colorado Springs, CO 42,552 60,576 54,420 68,892 Denver, CO 41,406 64,008 NA NA Grand Junction, CO 44,340 53,772 47,112 56,532 Jefferson County, CO 29,536 60,825 44,745 66,034 Longmont, CO 41,844 56,088 58,080 62,316 Union Colony, Greeley, CO 41,355 57,974 43,945 60,292 Westminster, CO 35,796 61,193 51,389 65,783 Bridgeport, CT 39,254 51,460 NA NA Danbury, CT 48,843 60,272 NA NA Fairfield, CT 51,084 87,690 NA NA Hartford, CT 50,336 60,736 NA NA Meriden, CT 43,047 58,116 44,947 59,601 New Britain, CT 47,762 52,549 NA NA New Haven, CT 37,000 60,687 37,000 60,687 Norwalk, CT 45,355 NA NA NA Stamford, CT 41,753 64,017 NA NA Waterbury, CT 45,401 56,431 NA NA Washington, DC 44,302 78,681 48,732 83,111 Clearwater, FL 35,323 NA 42,387 NA Deltona, FL 32,559 37,673 39,129 64,243 Estero, FL 46,016 61,714 54,986 70,714 Fort Lauderdale, FL 49,229 67,000 54,599 74,135 Fort Walton Beach, FL 28,859 49,760 32,659 53,560 Gainesville, FL 38,615 54,060 42,090 58,925 Hollywood, FL 36,679 56,065 43,798 61,885 Melbourne, FL 33,633 48,758 35,785 51,830 Miami-Dade County, FL 35,743 64,303 54,426 81,064 Naples, FL 38,792 60,782 43,792 64,782 Ocala, FL 30,128 48,203 34,727 55,068 Orange County, FL 36,583 59,332 41,253 64,002 Panama City, FL 27,392 35,102 NA NA Pensacola, FL 22,903 54,298 NA NA St. Lucie County, FL 36,114 58,908 43,400 71,671 Sanford, FL 34,674 53,227 35,793 54,944 Sarasota County, FL 34,986 60,024 42,486 67,524 Tarpon Springs, FL 34,549 50,258 42,437 59,127 Tavares, FL 35,468 42,311 42,311 49,155 Titusville, FL 36,109 45,136 41,359 52,386 Winter Park, FL 36,707 58,769 41,578 66,509 Albany, GA 31,000 40,000 NA NA Athens-Clarke County, GA 30,955 46,433 NA NA Atlanta, GA 34,564 49,571 NA NA Columbus, GA 29,590 45,025 32,662 49,699 DeKalb County, GA 30,636 55,944 34,428 62,856 Honolulu, HI 40,524 55,440 NA NA Des Moines, IA 44,895 56,169 51,625 63,258 Newton, IA 34,776 48,036 35,484 48,732 Sioux City, IA 40,119 54,820 NA NA Coeur D'Alene, ID 38,031 53,523 44,991 60,483 Aurora, IL 44,001 71,954 48,318 76,271 Chicago, IL 45,732 79,092 45,732 79,092 Crystal Lake, IL 47,333 69,842 47,333 69,842 Decatur, IL 45,192 57,672 NA NA Elgin, IL 50,993 67,966 51,313 68,286 Franklin Park, IL 47,880 66,073 33,000 39,000 Joliet IL 48,972 78,764 54,115 84,091 McHenry, IL 42,000 42,000 47,800 47,800 Niles, IL 54,021 74,203 54,021 74,203 Bloomington, IN 35,000 55,000 NA NA Carmel, IN 47,898 57,295 51,898 61,295 Indianapolis, IN 38,876 50,810 41,776 53,710 Muncie, IN 42,220 49,270 NA NA South Bend, IN 35,535 50,075 40,535 55,075 Westfield, IN 36,924 46,441 39,000 47,577 Kansas City, KS 32,651 61,675 37,544 61,675 Lawrence, KS 36,295 51,284 43,284 59,746 Olathe, KS 35,100 62,940 41,292 66,018 Overland Park, KS 37,476 64,392 37,476 64,392 Wichita, KS 34,351 48,537 35,260 49,447 Hebron, KY 42,438 51,681 48,339 58,068 Lafayette, LA 21,996 2,132 NA NA New Orleans, LA 25,508 35,711 NA NA St George FPD, LA 25,304 51,529 NA...
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