Fire
Data received May 2025
Full-time employees
34
Median pay
$85,330
Average pay
$83,422
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 2024, except where noted otherwise.
| Position | Gross pay | Date hired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billups, Byron M. | Firefighter | $94,526 | May 11, 2016 |
| Bowers, Emihl | Firefighter | $76,806 | Aug. 23, 2023 |
| Butler, Jason M. | Firefighter | $58,291 | Feb. 20, 2024 |
| Clemons, Derrick | Firefighter | $88,193 | April 11, 2016 |
| Dorshow, Samuel J. | Firefighter | $72,823 | Sept. 11, 2023 |
| Echele, Kyle | Firefighter | $103,127 | July 1, 2014 |
| Ellsworth, Kyle | Firefighter | $88,257 | Aug. 4, 2020 |
| Fieseler, Derek J. | Firefighter | $96,134 | Aug. 6, 2018 |
| Fisher, Montel C. | Firefighter | $55,488 | March 13, 2023 |
| Fusco, Jordan A. | Firefighter | $84,745 | Feb. 15, 2022 |
| Gholston, James D. | Deputy Chief | $101,277 | April 25, 2012 |
| Hanford, Macy N. | Firefighter | $58,972 | Feb. 20, 2024 |
| Harris, Catrell | Firefighter | $95,923 | June 6, 2016 |
| Hughes, Kelly | Deputy Chief | $40,705 | March 24, 2025 |
| Hughes, Peter | Firefighter | $80,647 | March 9, 2022 |
| Hurtado, Michael | Firefighter Captain | $103,047 | June 3, 2015 |
| Lawson III, Charles | Firefighter | $95,002 | April 7, 2019 |
| Lembke, Scott | Firefighter | $101,281 | July 15, 2016 |
| Linhardt, James | Fire Chief | $130,825 | Oct. 19, 1984 |
| Marhanka, Richard C. | Firefighter | $80,102 | Jan. 18, 2023 |
| McPike, Kirk L. | Firefighter | $101,640 | Jan. 31, 2015 |
| Meisenheimer, Nicholas | Firefighter | $82,548 | March 20, 2023 |
| Narens, Michael R. | Firefighter | $89,517 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
| Paul, Blake D. | Firefighter | $24,997 | Aug. 19, 2024 |
| Rydberg, Brenden J. | Firefighter | $85,915 | Aug. 2, 2021 |
| Sanders, Matthew | Firefighter | $75,074 | Feb. 21, 2023 |
| Scott, Joseph E. | Firefighter | $79,252 | Feb. 7, 2022 |
| Stricklan, Nathan | Firefighter | $95,382 | Jan. 24, 2019 |
| Swenson, Kevin J. | Firefighter | $80,951 | Aug. 2, 2021 |
| Taylor, Aaron | Firefighter | $83,325 | July 26, 2021 |
| Tuley, Nicholas P. | Firefighter | $100,899 | Aug. 27, 2018 |
| Walker, Norman | Firefighter | $83,516 | Jan. 17, 2023 |
| Wells, Lisa G. | Secretary | $45,635 | Oct. 7, 2016 |
| Wiemerslage, Kevin L. | Firefighter | $101,541 | June 3, 2015 |
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.