A rescue captain tops the Providence firefighter pay list, making $178,000 in overtime and earning a total of $255,000 during the last fiscal year.
NBC 10 News obtained 2017 fiscal year pay records for the fire department from the city after a public records request. Four firefighters earned more than $100,000 in overtime alone. ... “What we've seen is what I warned him about, is that overtime would go through the roof,” firefighters union president Paul Doughty said in reaction to the overtime numbers obtained by NBC 10.