At the higher end of the scale 25 percent of firefighters earned better than $28.90 per hour or $60,120 per year, and 10 percent reported earning $36.31 or more per hour, or $75,520 per year. It would seem logical to assume that the lowest-paid firefighters in the bureau's survey were those in entry-level positions.
Stachybotrys chartarum. Sometimes called S. chartarum or Stachybotrys atra, and popularly known as black mold, this toxigenic mold is a greenish-black fungus that requires a moist environment in which to grow and is most commonly found in flood-damaged buildings.
Stachybotrys or toxic black mold has the ability to replicate asexually (grows and duplicates on their own) and are filamentous (thread-like) in nature. Stachybotrys is dangerous to humans because it produces a harmful poison called mycotoxins that remain suspended in the air.