so you think 57k a year is good pay to run INTO the burning buildings? or to go out on a 0 degree day, and cut someone out of their wrecked car?
those guys are probably the most underpaid profession.
but see that is the job the sign up for. I work in a steel mill. I make around 50k a year. do you think it's enough to go out in 100 degree and cut slabs for hours which makes temp around you feel like you are in hell? how about standing a few feet away while guiding a guy up in a crane to stack up a slab that weights about 20 to 25 tons knowing that if he messes up and you arent fast enough, you wont have to worry about a burial as there wont be much left to scrape off the slab and whatever cant be removed will be cremated when it goes into the furnace so rest of you can have pretty shinny steel for whatever you use?
there's a lot of people who work in a job which is dangerous. but that's what we get paid for. I am not saying I am a hero or deserve special treatment. but go look at the doctors/nurses in the er. day in and day out treat people who are sick or dying. but you still dont go out and single them out for special treatment? because that's their job. which is what firefighters/police officers and such do. that is their job and they're very well paid with exceptional benefits. so dont say it's not enough. I dont know of any firefighter or police officer who makes the minimum for that job. I have known many and they always say the same thing, pay is good and hours are great.
the only one's who dont get paid enough are the volunteer firefighters. they work for nothing, now them I do think highly of them. not that I think anyless of the others.
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