What fire-fighter / EMS occupation donors give in federal races

High-repeat public-safety phrase, a $107 mean

$9,043,256, 84,847 itemizations, and 3,062 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $107. Mean dollars per donor record are about $2,953. Repeat giving is about 28 itemizations per donor record.

84,847 lines from 3,062 records is a high-repeat public-safety stack. The $107 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume, not a typical overtime share redirected to politics.

The packet has no department, no career-versus-volunteer split, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.

The slash does not split fire from EMS

The FEC record does not verify that the donor is a firefighter, an EMS clinician, or both. PAC occupation templates and union itemizations can produce this combined string. Best-efforts rules do not force a public-safety taxonomy.

This page cites only $9,043,256, 84,847 contributions, and 3,062 donors. Separate FIREFIGHTER or PARAMEDIC keys, if they exist, are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and dual public-safety titles

3,062 donor records used FIRE FIGHTER / EMS on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed this slash phrase on some gifts and a shorter fire title on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the public-safety phrase.

Industry pages group public employers

Industry pages group employers. FIRE FIGHTER / EMS as occupation is the donor’s job text, not the employer-industry code. Adding $9,043,256 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the FIRE FIGHTER / EMS occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the slash phrase next to other public-safety titles.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals FIRE FIGHTER / EMS, dollars equal $9,043,256, contributions equal 84,847, donors equal 3,062, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Quote the contribution count with the dollars so the high-repeat mean is visible.

Reading the slash-joined public-safety key

FIRE FIGHTER / EMS in this extract is $9,043,256 on 84,847 itemizations from 3,062 donor records, or $9.0 million in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules. People who type firefighter, paramedic, or EMT without the slash phrase may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact FIRE FIGHTER / EMS key is in $9,043,256.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $107 per contribution and about $2,953 per donor record, with roughly 28 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining this slash phrase with neighboring public-safety strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 3,062 donor records on 84,847 lines is a high-repeat public-safety pool, not a department census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $9,043,256. A person who listed FIRE FIGHTER / EMS on some gifts and a neighboring title on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals FIRE FIGHTER / EMS, dollars equal $9,043,256, contributions equal 84,847, donors equal 3,062. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live FIRE FIGHTER / EMS occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($9.0 million) are the same headline amount as $9,043,256, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 84,847 contributions and 3,062 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the high-repeat slash-joined public-safety phrase rather than two department rosters. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text, not a certification list. A citation that stays inside the packet names FIRE FIGHTER / EMS, $9,043,256, 84,847, and 3,062 together.

Questions

How much have fire-fighter / EMS occupation donors given in FEC data?

The FIRE FIGHTER / EMS occupation string is attached to $9,043,256 across 84,847 contributions and 3,062 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of fire or EMS departments. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does FIRE FIGHTER / EMS split firefighters from EMS staff?

No. The slash-joined phrase is one occupation key. The FEC does not split the two roles on this string. This page covers FIRE FIGHTER / EMS: $9,043,256, 84,847 contributions, and 3,062 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average fire-fighter / EMS contribution?

Dividing $9,043,256 by 84,847 itemizations yields about $107 per contribution. Dividing by 3,062 donors yields about $2,953 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 28 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing fire fighter / EMS prove department employment?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify department or certification. Quote 84,847 contributions and 3,062 donor records with the $9,043,256 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.