Harrisburg officials making tough decisions during firefighter shortage

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Town leaders in Harrisburg are addressing concerns about their fire department after one of their stations was forced to close on July 1 due to a staffing shortage.
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@coreydark8795 Год назад

Pay them what they're Worth isn't hard!

@lesthiele7645 Год назад

Well it seems as if the town officials think the fire fighters are not worth as much the town officials, if there was a pay increase I would think the officials would jump in first and say bugger the fire fighters, town officials should be ashamed of what they earn, I am employed as a prison officer in Australia and the starting wage is around $70000, I do work for a private prison. Fire fighters any where in the world are all UNDER PAID .

@Grayarea321 Год назад

$41,000 to start? Do you get food stamps with that?

@thepressurepack3777 Год назад

Most firefighters, make less than 41k lol. More info 32k range

@Grayarea321 Год назад

@@thepressurepack3777 that’s very sad, pays more out here in the Denver Metro. 41k is not a livable wage. Entry level probie started at $64,000 in 2022 at my department, F/F-medic w/10 years was at $105,000 last year. By the way all the departments out here are looking for F/F Medics, many or most offering laterals fyi.

@thepressurepack3777 Год назад

@@Grayarea321 it was my childhood dream, worked 24/48…for several years. Brought home $350 after taxes. That was 2 years ago, Changed career since LOL

@Grayarea321 Год назад

@@thepressurepack3777 that’s a shame, they need to pay a livable wage, otherwise it’s a revolving door. I was lucky, I had 39 years full time, great career, years before that as a volunteer.

@craigclaassen7346 Год назад

It appears from an outside perspective that towns set there own wage rates instead of having a State or National agreement. This would never happen in most other countries where they are bound by awards and certified agreements.

@danielr3933 Год назад

Pay more and you wouldn't have these shortages. COVID showed that a lot of responders are severely underpaid, and alot of them are leaving the field for other jobs with less stress. For comparison, I work in a medium sized Texas Department and I make $87,000 for 3 years of experience, after leaving my last department that paid $55,000 after 4 years experience. You hvae to PAY TO PLAY!

@louskunt2.020 Год назад

Do they ever mention the MANDATORY JAB? That caused this..

@lynx9373 Год назад

The pay is probably a bigger factor than people who work in a patient-facing capacity needing to get vaccinated. Pay in many areas is unfortunately low for the risks, stresses, and education needed for such a job.

@JanSimon-h6j Год назад

Which Harrisburg they're talking about?

@jromebizzle Год назад

People do it for free.... it's your community.

@skoden1313 Год назад

Lol. GFYS

@jromebizzle Год назад

@@skoden1313 do the same you entitled prick. Men protect their communities not dependent on them, more women are first responders them men.🌈

@greyhound531 Год назад

@@skoden1313 he is not wrong.. i did the job for free for 22 years. If you really cared about your community.. 🤷‍♂️

@tewksburydriver8624 Год назад

@@greyhound531 ... Can't do it for free when you are responding to thousands of calls a year. Vol is for the boonies.

@gilmendoza8092 Год назад

What department do you volunteer for

@RichardDoherty-y8y Год назад

Their is not Firefighter shortage…Toxic Leadership, Low Pay, Ridiculous Hours of Training, High School Level Politics, Low Morale and Scapegoating your Employees all lead to this. Plenty of people want to be firefighters, but things seriously need to change.

@Mr.JerziiE Год назад

This is The Job of The Mayor and Of City Council Members and no just have higher Rental And Everything else In the small town Go up in Flames.

@ronwade2206 Год назад

Would you do this job?

@jamalmckenzie3822 Год назад

When you have an emergency you dial 911 and they respond the bigger issue is why the city is not paying their firefighters.

@jonathanwilson4486 Год назад

not for 42k

@FiremanFrank24 Год назад

If they work 24/48 that comes out to $14.08 per hour. Not very competitive pay.

@blainenodes8182 Год назад

My 2¢... Bloomington MN was the largest volunteer fd in USA over 100,000 residents,had 5 stations,then 1993 Mall of merica'opened,slowly switch to paid dept,90%of USA is volunteer depts...I realize bigger cities have to be paid/benefits

@tmacs311 Год назад

I tried to become a paid firefighter . But most places make it to difficult . I could do the work but scored low on the test that put me out . Because I don’t test well . But I did well for volunteer station I was with . 41,000 a year is not to good if your young man or woman with a family or just on own . It’s funny they do a pay study . When the problem is obvious . Lol .