Fire Dept. Pay Scale

EARLY FIRE DEPT. PAY SCALE

All Full-Time Firefighters must be certified before hire.

Probationary period will be 1 year.

Position Rate Year(s) Experience1

Firefighter 0 $36,800 0 - 1 year experience Firefighter 1 $37,840 1+ - 3 years’ experience Firefighter 2 $39,370 3+ - 6 years’ experience Firefighter 3 $40,390 6+ - 10 years’ experience Firefighter 4 $43,450 10+ years’ experience

Rank Pay Monthly Annually

Driver/Engineer $200 month $2400/annual Lieutenant $300 month $3600/annual

Longevity: $0.03 per hour after 12 months for every year of service.

Certificate pay2:

Intermediate $125 per month $1500/annual Advanced $175 per month $2100/annual Adv/Instructor3 $200 per month $2400/annual Master $225 per month $2700/annual

Medical Certificates:

EMT Basic $ 50 per month $ 600/annual AEMT $ 75 per month $ 900/annual EMT Paramedic $100 per month $1200/annual

1 Experience is based on actual State certification and professional firefighter experience. 2 Only Full‐time personnel are eligible for Rank and/or Certification Pay

3 Instructor Certificate Pay requires annual documentation of trainings performed

by the instructor that benefit the department.

Volunteer Fire Fighter Response Pay4

Paid Response5

Grass Fire $20 per call Per Day Structure Fire $20 per call Major MVA $20 per call

Budgetary Limitations

The City of Early has budgeted $10,000 for fiscal year 2020/2019. If this amount is depleted prior to September 30, 2021 the any response will be considered completely voluntary, unless the budget is amended by the Early City Council.

Full-time employed Fire Fighters are not eligible for this pay. 5 This amount is paid upon a second call for aid to calls within the Early Fire Department’s fire response district. The call must come from the on duty Shift Supervisor or as assigned by the Fire Chief. The Paid response will be limited to the number of Volunteer Fire Fighters needed to respond to the call as determined by the Fire Chief.