Fire Department/Emergency
Data received July 2025
Full-time employees
55
Median pay
$98,846
Average pay
$98,174
Fire Department/Emergency
Employees by pay range
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Employees
Click on one of the headers below to sort a column. Data shown reflects actual gross pay for 2024, except where noted otherwise.
| Position | Gross pay | Date hired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acre, Jordan | Firefighter / Paramedic | $100,494 | Dec. 27, 2019 |
| Bay, Johnnie | Fire Engineer | $97,995 | Nov. 13, 1995 |
| Bazzoni, Michael | Battalion Chief | $134,761 | May 15, 2006 |
| Burns, Tyler | Fire Captain | $106,687 | May 15, 2014 |
| Croney, Samuel | Firefighter / Paramedic | $79,760 | April 8, 2024 |
| Dahm, Charles | Fire Captain | $118,483 | March 19, 1989 |
| Davila, Daniel | Fire Engineer | $105,057 | Nov. 28, 1991 |
| Dempsey, Ryan | Firefighter / Paramedic | $109,300 | Nov. 11, 2015 |
| Drumm, Phillip | Fire Captain | $106,345 | Jan. 27, 2017 |
| Feth, Terry | Fire Engineer | $95,349 | Sept. 21, 1988 |
| Fischer, Daniel | Fire Engineer | $102,054 | Aug. 12, 2010 |
| Fischer, Dennis | Battalion Chief | $21,102 | Dec. 27, 1986 |
| Fischer, Thomas | Fire Engineer | $98,846 | Feb. 6, 2009 |
| Goss, Nancy | Fire Engineer | $106,318 | Oct. 24, 1995 |
| Haug, Riley | Firefighter / Paramedic | $90,217 | Aug. 8, 2022 |
| Hayes, Craig | Battalion Chief | $145,070 | Oct. 26, 1995 |
| Hiers, Joseph | Firefighter / Paramedic | $75,904 | June 25, 2024 |
| Higginbotham, Nathan | Fire Captain | $105,005 | June 5, 2015 |
| House, Timothy | Firefighter / Paramedic | $112,311 | April 26, 2006 |
| Janes, Justin | Battalion Chief | $137,319 | Dec. 20, 2002 |
| Johnson, Johnny | Fire Captain | $106,709 | Nov. 9, 2015 |
| Jones, Daryle | Fire Engineer | $96,483 | June 14, 1993 |
| Kandzetovic, Eldin | Firefighter / Paramedic | $93,471 | Aug. 13, 2019 |
| Kelly, Sean | Firefighter / Paramedic | $94,688 | Oct. 21, 2011 |
| Kertz, Bryan | Fire Captain | $106,410 | Nov. 4, 2015 |
| Knapp, Steven | Fire Captain | $117,364 | June 19, 1999 |
| Kohlmann, Kory | Firefighter / Paramedic | $75,980 | Sept. 16, 2024 |
| Kuester, Christopher | Firefighter / Paramedic | $90,541 | Sept. 8, 2022 |
| Lapak, Dustin | Firefighter / Paramedic | $92,087 | June 21, 2021 |
| Light, Ryan | Firefighter / Paramedic | $95,580 | March 19, 2008 |
| Listenberger, Alexander | Firefighter / Paramedic | $88,193 | Feb. 6, 2023 |
| Lofquist, Jeffrey | Firefighter / Paramedic | $113,059 | Jan. 24, 2011 |
| Mathes, Matthew | Fire Captain | $123,547 | March 5, 2013 |
| Newberry, Joshua | Firefighter / Paramedic | $75,828 | Oct. 2, 2024 |
| Orr, Duane | Fire Engineer | $75,916 | March 6, 1992 |
| Palmer, Jeremy | Firefighter / Paramedic | $95,334 | April 12, 2011 |
| Racer, Teran | Firefighter / Paramedic | $78,634 | Feb. 20, 2024 |
| Riley, Brendan | Firefighter / Paramedic | $90,023 | Jan. 21, 2022 |
| Sanders, Scott | Firefighter / Paramedic | $115,713 | April 10, 2003 |
| Sommer, James | Fire Engineer | $104,951 | May 14, 1996 |
| Stevens, Sydni | Firefighter / Paramedic | $75,828 | Nov. 14, 2024 |
| Stiebel, Nicholas | Firefighter / Paramedic | $94,186 | Jan. 3, 2023 |
| Straatmann, Dale | Fire Captain | $84,014 | Feb. 29, 1992 |
| Strbac, Zlatan | Firefighter / Paramedic | $99,688 | April 17, 2020 |
| Stremlau, Nicholas | Firefighter / Paramedic | $108,077 | May 10, 2018 |
| Sullivan, Donald | Fire Engineer | $107,221 | Sept. 10, 1998 |
| Swain, Joseph | Firefighter / Paramedic | $91,499 | April 9, 2020 |
| Tallis, Frank | Fire Captain | $53,718 | April 18, 1989 |
| Teitsort, Kyle | Firefighter / Paramedic | $79,663 | Feb. 22, 2024 |
| Triplett, Nicholas | Firefighter / Paramedic | $92,305 | Jan. 6, 2021 |
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.