Recent content by TheBasicGuy

Unfortunately, I am tied to WA. The bias about my education is something I will quite simply, have to just deal with. NMETC is my program, and I know I'll be considered a mail order medic. But it's the only way I can do it with my current obligations, and I'm not really going to care what...

Falck doesn't sound like a bad idea. Obviously I hope they're still hiring like crazy in 21 months when the class is done. And about the program in MA, I care much if people talk **** about the program. It's what people do, they talk crap about things, and that's just one more thing on the...

Big student loans are what myself and my wife already have. Well I guess mine aren't THAT big (less than 20k), hers are, and I would make enough as a nurse to pay for 2 years of student loans for school at a community college to get my RN (And later BSN because that's gonna be mandatory for a...

Ohh, ok. Well, I'm at a crossroads. I've found a legit online medic program. Hooo I bet a bunch of you are freezing right up as you read that. Let me be clear: the only part of it that's online is the didactic part. Yes, the part where you sit in lecture, and that's it. This program is...

Alright. Did you work for them or something? Any idea if any of the others pay different, less, more?

Hey folks. I was wondering if any of you knew what some of the agencies around here started medics at. Now I'm probably going to be a green fresh outta school medic so I probably wont stand out enough to get on as a fire medic. That means I'm gonna have to start somewhere. With that said, does...