Hourly pay

[Guest guest]

People keep talking about " 911 doesn't pay. " For about 2 years, I helpted

out with billing for our department in Galveston County located on the Bolivar

Peninsula (Dr. B. has done a lot of fishing down there). We ran 1 box at

the time. Give or take, we ran about 150 - 175 calls a year. On an average

year, we brought in about $100,000 to $120,000 dollars. Those were only people

with insurance. If you didn't have insurance, we'd send a bill, but would

not send nasty follow up letter or nasty phone calls. If you had money great,

if not, oh well. We did all 911. No transfers at all. We easily made

enough money to have a paid paramedic during the day, and a paid paramedic at

night (insurance, benefits included). We also had a brand new box, fully

loaded lifepak 12, and so on. So people that say 911 doesn't pay, they need to

do

some re figuring. Our department could of easily chosen to pay the us more

(i was one of the paid employees), but they chose not to. I was happy with

what i was getting paid compared to the very low call volume (it was a dream

job).