Firefighters in Battleford are getting a pay increase this year. The last increase was in 2011. The three years previous to that saw no increase.
Monday evening, Battleford town councillors passed a motion to increase remuneration for the Battleford Volunteer Fire Department, retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year.
The fire chief's base pay will go up from $800 to $900 per month and the deputy chief's base pay will go up to $550 from $500.
The first captain's base pay will increase to $275 per month from $250, and the second captain's base pay will increase to $137.50 per month from $125.
In addition, members and the fire chief will receive a pay increase for fire fighting, training and practices of one dollar per hour and an additional dollar per on-call day. That brings the members' fire fighting rate up to $20 per hour, the fire chief's fire fighting rate up to $25 per hour, the practice and training rate up to $15 per hour and the on-call rate up to $15 per day.
