Not impossible to happen. Top guy... his overtime rate is roughly $90/hour? 56 hour work week. Work approx 122 days/year. That leaves about 244 days available for OT. At $400k thats 4444 hours worked. Roughly 185 days. Reminder: most firefighters work 24 or 48 hour shifts.. not 8-5. It is entirely possible that guy worked 307 of 365 days that year. If a spot is vacant(and LA City and LACoFD has a lot of openings) someone has to work it... be it voluntarily or then forced.
Not impossible to happen. Top guy... his overtime rate is roughly $90/hour? 56 hour work week. Work approx 122 days/year. That leaves about 244 days available for OT. At $400k thats 4444 hours worked. Roughly 185 days. Reminder: most firefighters work 24 or 48 hour shifts.. not 8-5. It is entirely possible that guy worked 307 of 365 days that year. If a spot is vacant(and LA City and LACoFD has a lot of openings) someone has to work it... be it voluntarily or then forced.
There are only 2080 regular fulltime hours in a year. 52 * 40.
Firefighters in CA work 24 or 48 hour shifts. 56 hour work week. Most FDs have 3 shifts. They work 4 solid months at a station per year.