medictruth
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Can anyone help with this. I dont understand how they can make an excess of 100,000 dollars per year. My question is, why?
Can anyone help with this. I dont understand how they can make an excess of 100,000 dollars per year. My question is, why?
High cost of living. Cheapest dump of a studio apartment I've found here was $600 a month.
Jeeze. I could rent a pretty nice house for that here. Nice houses that are 2 story are about $800-$1,500 a month.
where exactly is the middle of nowhere, California if you don't mind my asking?
Can anyone help with this. I dont understand how they can make an excess of 100,000 dollars per year. My question is, why?
I said this: I'd pay them what a private medic in the area makes for their base pay. When they go on a fire call, their pay per hour will jump while they're on the call. Makes sense to me, but judging by their reactions, I dont think it'd be too popular with firefighters.
FDNY firefighters get a per-call premium when they respond to ems assist calls as a certified first responder-defibrillator/firefighter.
I understand cost of living, but getting paid over 100,000 a year in my opinion is a little much. 90% of a fire dept. call volume are medical aids. So why are the private medics getting the crap end of the paycheck. They live in the same area, but start their salary around 13 to 14 dollars an hour. And yes they are are firefighters too, but when you look at what they do that 90% of the time it doesnt add up.
I told some guys at the station (all but one are firefighters) about an idea I had to save cities money.
First, why should a paramedic with the fire department make more than one that works for a private service, if that private were to take the 911 contract for the city? They shouldn't.
They argued that because the medics are also firefighters. They should get paid more, because they do two jobs, and being a firefighter is dangerous, and physically demanding. I went with it...
I said this: I'd pay them what a private medic in the area makes for their base pay. When they go on a fire call, their pay per hour will jump while they're on the call. Makes sense to me, but judging by their reactions, I dont think it'd be too popular with firefighters.
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I told some guys at the station (all but one are firefighters) about an idea I had to save cities money.
First, why should a paramedic with the fire department make more than one that works for a private service, if that private were to take the 911 contract for the city? They shouldn't.
They argued that because the medics are also firefighters. They should get paid more, because they do two jobs, and being a firefighter is dangerous, and physically demanding. I went with it...
I said this: I'd pay them what a private medic in the area makes for their base pay. When they go on a fire call, their pay per hour will jump while they're on the call. Makes sense to me, but judging by their reactions, I dont think it'd be too popular with firefighters.
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Even when they're not needed? I know around here, FDs boost their numbers on the books by responding along with EMS. The result is 6 firefighters, and two cops in your kitchen for your slip and fall.
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