CARE Ambulance OCo/LCo comment? Offered position, trying to decide.

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$600 is quite a bit of a paycut especially in this economy, if things are good for you at AMR, I'd stay there.
 
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If I was with AMR, I wouldnt even consider Care ;)
 
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I work for CARE, and I have nothing but good things to say about the company. All of their private cars are available for fire coverage, so even if you're stuck doing IFT's, you'll be running some 911. You won't get placed on a dedicated fire car until you have the seniority to do so, meaning you have to have a certain amount of hours worked before you can bid on a permanent shift. Shift bids come up twice a year, and until then, you'll be a floater. As for bidding on fire shifts when they become available, each shift has its own requirements. For example, Anaheim fire shifts run in-house with the fire dept, work on the Anaheim fire schedule, require a LOT of hrs worked, as well as a fire academy.
I don't want to discourage you from taking the job, but I will say that nobody likes working with someone who just wants fire calls, and complains the entire shift when doing routine transfers or discharges. Also, you won't be making the kind of money you're making now. Good luck!

And nobody cares about the white shirts.
 
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Haha Im taking the care job. Im pretty laid back when I'm working and I don't care if I run IFTs, I'm not one to complain, just happy to be doing a job I enjoy. But I hate getting stuck with partners that complain all the time. As for the white shirts, I'm totally gonna get mine all stained, I just know it. Since you work for care already, any idea what their tattoo policy is?
 
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SoCal911 said:
Haha Im taking the care job. Im pretty laid back when I'm working and I don't care if I run IFTs, I'm not one to complain, just happy to be doing a job I enjoy. But I hate getting stuck with partners that complain all the time. As for the white shirts, I'm totally gonna get mine all stained, I just know it. Since you work for care already, any idea what their tattoo policy is?
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No visable tattoos.
 
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If you have tattoos on your arms, make sure to get long sleeves from the quartermaster when you pick up your uniforms.

Congrats!
 
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As long as your ink isn't visible, you're fine. As for working another gig, you'll have to ask management during training. I can't imagine it would be a problem, as long as you agree to the requirements of full time availability and show up for your shifts. CARE is a great place to work, I'm sure you'll enjoy your time there.
 
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SoCal911

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Hows the training program there? AmeriCare has an incredibly over the top training program. What about getting drivers cleared?
 
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Marinelayer said:
I work for CARE, and I have nothing but good things to say about the company. All of their private cars are available for fire coverage, so even if you're stuck doing IFT's, you'll be running some 911. You won't get placed on a dedicated fire car until you have the seniority to do so, meaning you have to have a certain amount of hours worked before you can bid on a permanent shift. Shift bids come up twice a year, and until then, you'll be a floater. As for bidding on fire shifts when they become available, each shift has its own requirements. For example, Anaheim fire shifts run in-house with the fire dept, work on the Anaheim fire schedule, require a LOT of hrs worked, as well as a fire academy.
I don't want to discourage you from taking the job, but I will say that nobody likes working with someone who just wants fire calls, and complains the entire shift when doing routine transfers or discharges. Also, you won't be making the kind of money you're making now. Good luck!

And nobody cares about the white shirts.
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They make you have an academy to work Anaheim now? Fullerton too? That's some BS. When I was there you had to interview for the spots but no academy was required. Is Anaheim picking more of those guys up now? For the OP, Care is by far the best private in OC. I loved it there. Top equipment, management was cool, don't know how it is with Falck running the show.
 
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They say an academy isn't required, but preferred. Some of the spots also require upwards of 5000 hours worked in order to apply. And I agree with you, CARE is a great company. I enjoy going to work everyday.

As for SoCAl911's question, I'm not sure how training with CARE will compare with AmeriCare, but it is thorough. All of our PCR's are now electronic, so considerable time is spent learning that particular system.
 
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SoCal911

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Well I'm looking forward to starting. Took my physical today, I did great on everything except the eye test, one was perfect and the other was blurry.. I'm blaming it on falling asleep on the with my fist in my eye all night
 
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Called Care and they've only processed applications up to August. Seems like they received thousands of them.
 
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