Firefighters' base pay is determined by a salary schedule based on the individual's job description, length of service and rank. The lowest is a trainee, a position with a starting base pay of $28,000. The highest (other than the chief) are the executive assistant chiefs, who earn $131,000 in base pay. A first-year firefighter earns a base salary of $42,000. After 17 years, a firefighter who has not been promoted will earn just over $60,000. Engineers-firefighters who drive the fire trucks-earn slightly more. Of the department's roughly 3,800 uniformed employees (commonly called classified employees), about 2,700 are designated as firefighters or engineers.
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift.Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon.Depending on the situation, parachutes are used with a variety of loads, including people, food, equipment, space capsules, and bombs.ing loading of parachutes is measured similarly to that of aircraft, comparing exit weight to area of parachute fabric. Typical wing loading for students, accuracy competitors, and BASE jumpers is less than one 5 kg per square meter â often 0.3 kilograms per square meter or less.
The rough terrain parachute enables military and civilian firefighters to affordably and effectively drop equipment and supplies at low altitudes through trees and other obstacles, while the Micro Rappel System offers a very compact rappelling and safety tool for soldiers and safety personnel (e.