Fire
Data received May 2022 • Gross pay totals not provided for hourly employees. Positions and hire dates not provided for some employees.
Full-time employees
63
Median pay
$85,387
Average pay
$86,225
Fire
Employees by pay range
Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or median pay, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.
Employees
Click on one of the headers below to sort a column. Data shown reflects actual gross pay for 2021, except where noted otherwise.
| Position ↑ | Gross pay | Date hired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penet, Jean-Paul D. | Act. Assistant Chief | $107,528 | July 18, 1994 |
| Schield, Randy K. | Batt. Chief | $100,700 | Not provided |
| Schield, Brian T | Batt. Chief | $75,129 | Feb. 8, 2017 |
| Ruser Jr., Larry K. | Batt. Chief | $105,080 | Nov. 4, 1985 |
| Unverzagt, Jason W | Captain | $98,754 | Dec. 26, 1999 |
| Byas, Sidney | Captain | $103,051 | Aug. 9, 1995 |
| Zahn, David L | Captain | $120,795 | Not provided |
| Wangelin, Richard A | Captain | $101,399 | Aug. 30, 1995 |
| Mills, Stephanie N | Captain | $97,013 | Aug. 20, 2000 |
| Rumpf, Jason M | Captain | $100,983 | Sept. 27, 1999 |
| Maine, Brant | Captain | $98,018 | Jan. 8, 1992 |
| Garland, Joseph D | Captain | $94,810 | Sept. 3, 2001 |
| Ellison, Joseph W | Captain | $90,766 | Oct. 2, 2000 |
| Phelps, Lance R. | Captain | $100,848 | Dec. 9, 1991 |
| Bradley, Michael D | Captain | $100,158 | Aug. 9, 1995 |
| Dauphin, Karen | Database | $37,671 | Jan. 15, 2008 |
| Pour, Thomas | Deputy Chief | $115,027 | Not provided |
| Kriegel, Thomas A | Engineer | $91,426 | Nov. 7, 2003 |
| Lofton, Rodney B | Engineer | $95,357 | July 25, 2001 |
| Strahan, Larry D | Engineer | $98,481 | June 15, 1998 |
| Fabrizio, Jeffrey S | Engineer | $100,987 | April 11, 2006 |
| Lougeay, Curt M | Engineer | $85,387 | July 9, 2007 |
| Laird, Joseph P | Engineer | $86,581 | July 9, 2007 |
| Higgins, Theodore A | Engineer | $84,983 | Sept. 3, 2001 |
| Bassler, Mark R | Engineer | $86,654 | Not provided |
| Bauer, James R | Engineer | $87,563 | Not provided |
| Garnica, Jesse J | Engineer | $98,999 | Sept. 27, 1999 |
| Wolfe, Lara C | Engineer | $84,627 | Sept. 27, 1999 |
| Jacobs Jr, Arthur P | Not provided | $49,626 | Not provided |
| Vrieswyk Jr, Fred | Not provided | $82,118 | Aug. 16, 2011 |
| Minor, Michael J | Pipeman | $90,990 | June 30, 2008 |
| Kuhl, Eric R | Pipeman | $75,991 | Nov. 8, 2016 |
| Houston, Rick D | Pipeman | $67,237 | Nov. 7, 2018 |
| Orchard, Richard S | Pipeman | $78,623 | July 28, 2008 |
| Miller, Zachary M | Pipeman | $58,985 | Nov. 5, 2019 |
| Kimball, Daniel S | Pipeman | $96,555 | July 5, 2005 |
| Dunnebacke, Nicholas T | Pipeman | $82,414 | Nov. 16, 2009 |
| Earnhart, Steven R | Pipeman | $82,283 | Nov. 16, 2009 |
| Steigerwald, Paul F | Pipeman | $83,418 | Nov. 16, 2009 |
| Bode, Michelle | Pipeman | $81,022 | Dec. 15, 2008 |
| Kates, Joshua A | Pipeman | $92,020 | Jan. 12, 2005 |
| Eachus, John A | Pipeman | $78,825 | Dec. 3, 2012 |
| Kraemer, Douglas M | Pipeman | $73,900 | May 31, 2010 |
| Beck, Kevin R | Pipeman | $79,642 | May 20, 2014 |
| Imgrund, Matthias J | Pipeman | $77,471 | May 20, 2014 |
| Joyce, Christopher G | Pipeman | $79,426 | April 17, 2013 |
| Leech, Shane I | Pipeman | $86,652 | June 30, 2008 |
| Reaka, Brian T | Pipeman | $82,895 | March 10, 2008 |
| Dejournett, Jeremy J | Pipeman | $94,414 | Sept. 27, 1999 |
| Houghtlin, Matthew | Pipeman | $89,483 | Sept. 27, 1999 |
Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or median pay, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.