a) in which city do fire/ems personnel have the highest average salary? how much is it? b) in which city do fire/ems personnel have the lowest average salary? how much is it? c) where does boston rank in the list of fire/ems personnel salaries? d) explain how boston can be at the top of the list in fire/ems expenses per resident although it does not pay the highest salaries? e) the boston globe published a correction which said that boston's fire department expenses were $285 per resident in the last fiscal year. look at the answers to the questions above and indicate which have changed (and how) and which stayed the same. City Population "Fire/EMS spending per resident" "Fire/EMS personnel per 1000 residents" # of fire personnel Boston 608,352 $452.15 3.4 2068 San Francisco 799,183 $315.81 2.2 1758 Columbus, OH 747,755 $255.70 2.1 1570 Seattle 594,210 $247.75 1.8 1070 Baltimore 637,455 $225.98 2.7 1721 Memphis 674,028 $220.22 2.5 1685 Detroit 916,952 $201.54 1.6 1467 Nashville 590,807 $194.43 1.9 1123 Philadelphia 1,449,634 $187.63 1.6 2319 Jacksonville 805,605 $179.99 1.5 1208 New York 8,274,527 $157.56 1.7 14067 Los Angeles 3,834,340 $137.80 0.9 3451
a) in which city do fire/ems personnel have the highest average salary? how much is it? b) in which city do fire/ems personnel have the lowest average salary? how much is it? c) where does boston rank in the list of fire/ems personnel salaries? d) explain how boston can be at the top of the list in fire/ems expenses per resident although it does not pay the highest salaries? e) the boston globe published a correction which said that boston's fire department expenses were $285 per resident in the last fiscal year. look at the answers to the questions above and indicate which have changed (and how) and which stayed the same. City Population "Fire/EMS spending per resident" "Fire/EMS personnel per 1000 residents" # of fire personnel Boston 608,352 $452.15 3.4 2068 San Francisco 799,183 $315.81 2.2 1758 Columbus, OH 747,755 $255.70 2.1 1570 Seattle 594,210 $247.75 1.8 1070 Baltimore 637,455 $225.98 2.7 1721 Memphis 674,028 $220.22 2.5 1685 Detroit 916,952 $201.54 1.6 1467 Nashville 590,807 $194.43 1.9 1123 Philadelphia 1,449,634 $187.63 1.6 2319 Jacksonville 805,605 $179.99 1.5 1208 New York 8,274,527 $157.56 1.7 14067 Los Angeles 3,834,340 $137.80 0.9 3451
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a) in which city do fire/ems personnel have the highest average salary? how much is it?
b) in which city do fire/ems personnel have the lowest average salary? how much is it?
c) where does boston rank in the list of fire/ems personnel salaries?
d) explain how boston can be at the top of the list in fire/ems expenses per resident although it does not pay the highest salaries?
e) the boston globe published a correction which said that boston's fire department expenses were $285 per resident in the last fiscal year. look at the answers to the questions above and indicate which have changed (and how) and which stayed the same.
| City | Population | "Fire/EMS spending per resident" | "Fire/EMS personnel per 1000 residents" | # of fire personnel |
| Boston | 608,352 | $452.15 | 3.4 | 2068 |
| San Francisco | 799,183 | $315.81 | 2.2 | 1758 |
| Columbus, OH | 747,755 | $255.70 | 2.1 | 1570 |
| Seattle | 594,210 | $247.75 | 1.8 | 1070 |
| Baltimore | 637,455 | $225.98 | 2.7 | 1721 |
| Memphis | 674,028 | $220.22 | 2.5 | 1685 |
| Detroit | 916,952 | $201.54 | 1.6 | 1467 |
| Nashville | 590,807 | $194.43 | 1.9 | 1123 |
| Philadelphia | 1,449,634 | $187.63 | 1.6 | 2319 |
| Jacksonville | 805,605 | $179.99 | 1.5 | 1208 |
| New York | 8,274,527 | $157.56 | 1.7 | 14067 |
| Los Angeles | 3,834,340 | $137.80 | 0.9 | 3451 |
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