Kim Kardashian calls for incarcerated firefighters to receive higher pay amid LA fires: ‘They get paid almost nothing’

Kim Kardashian called on California Governor Gavin Newsom to increase the pay of incarcerated firefighters battling the devastating LA fires.

“On all 5 fires in Los Angeles, there are hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, risking their lives to save us,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories late Saturday night.

“They are on the Palisades fire and Eaton fire in Pasadena working 24 hour shifts. They get paid almost nothing, risk their lives, some have died, to prove to the community that they have changed and are now first responders. I see them as heroes.”

Kim Kardashian, seen above in 2024, called on California Governor Gavin Newsom to increase the pay of incarcerated firefighters battling the devastating LA fires. Instagram / @kimkardashian
“On all 5 fires in Los Angeles, there are hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, risking their lives to save us,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories late Saturday night. Instagram / @kimkardashian
The “Kardashians” star said the incarcerated firefighters are being paid $1 an hour to “risk their lives” and that pay has been the same since 1984. Instagram / @kimkardashian

The “Kardashians” star said the incarcerated firefighters are being paid $1 an hour to “risk their lives” and that pay has been the same since 1984.

“It has never been raised with inflation. It’s never been raised when fires got worse and many died,” she wrote.

Kardashian, 44, said there was a recent agreement to raise incarcerated firefighters’ pay to $5 an hour “but it got shot down last minute.”

“I am urging [Newsom] to do what no Governor has done in 4 decades, and raise the incarcerated firefighter pay to a rate [that] honors a human being risking their life to save our lives and homes,” the mom of four continued.

Kardashian urged Newsom to “do what no Governor has done in 4 decades, and raise the incarcerated firefighter pay to a rate [that] honors a human being risking their life to save our lives and homes.” AFP via Getty Images
The mom of four also thanked the firefighters from the Ventura Training Center, which helps formerly incarcerated firefighters become qualified to apply for entry-level firefighting jobs. kimkardashian/Instagram

Kardashian also thanked the firefighters from the Ventura Training Center, which offers formerly incarcerated firefighters additional rehabilitation and job training skills to help them become qualified to apply for entry-level firefighting jobs.

“Due to bills passed by @antirecidivismcoalition, these guys can now get their sentences reduced, expunging the felonies from their records for their fire service,” she wrote.

“And when they come home can get six figure jobs working for the fire departments.”

Kardashian and the rest of her famous family have had to evacuate their pricey homes in the wake of the fires. Instagram/Kim Kardashian
Her shapewear brand, Skims, has donated clothing and other necessities to families affected by the wildfires. GC Images

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