Recent content by Beachparasite

TBH man I would say try to just get on with a Fire department (choose the highest paying) when you can. EMS is a great career but far too many agencies do not pay enough nor have great benefits. EMS agencies here are very popular with the medical and nursing students since they have schedules...

For those areas unless you work your *** off with OT to afford the high mortgage/rent you will definitely be commuting. I lived in Willow Glen and I got out at the high. There won't be anything affordable for purchase in the bay for quite some time.

If you are just starting out definitely work in a busy city system before going to a slow rural system. I feel 1 year on a box in a busy system is like a decade on an engine or rural system in terms of experience.

If you are ok with living Downtown there are great 1bd and Studio's that are below 1500 a month. But if you want a gym, pool, and garage parking than 1500 is pretty much what you will have to pay. I do not know your experience level but for the Tonopah gig they want medics with years of...

Sounds like you are familiar with that kind of work schedule. Since your interested the mining paramedic jobs are a much better gig with a 4 on and 10 off schedule and they pay 95K and up a year for a paramedic. The remsa position at Tonopah I am out of the loop on total comp and how it breaks...

Remsa will be keeping those remote city, mining operations, and California contracts. They are a big opporation so they will not be going away. There still is no word on when the FDs will take over 911 or if it will be a slow transition. And RFD only has one ambulance right now and they will...

My agency transports and are a 48 hr, which after experiencing this I will never go back to the rotating 12s or the four 10s. Ya when you get those shifts that you get shafted they suck but we have a fatigue clause that gives you 4 hours to log off and get rest. Its all about how they roll this...

Just replying to thread to update those interested. I work at a neighbor agency and have some insight (rumor mill). Reno FD is pursuing the EMS contract (only management staff truly know the details at this point). RFD is having multiple academies this year and into the next in an attempt to...