Recent content by countryboy1871

I'm still looking but the writing is on the wall here for me

I'm thinking of getting a new job as a Jailer...

The last straw was almost ending up in a fist fight over ice......sadly I can go in a private message

I'm looking into the possibility of leaving my department and some people on here think I should after talking with me. I'm debating on if I need a new department or just a new career. I have a Associates in Fire science and a associates of art which is just basic education really. Does anyone...

If I could figure out how to message you I'd tell you. Don't want my location on here

I've been looking into what jobs I could get that might be related to the Fire/Ems, like the Scott airpack guys that service and inspect airpacks. But only having fire department experience, associates in fire science and a associates of art (general education) I'm not sure what jobs I qualify for

I was told the same thing about my fire science degree but it's just been a expensive piece of paper

Don't have one

I would love to relocate to Washington state, my wife's family is there and I have a few friends that have moved there. But there's a catch 22, I we can't move to Washington until I already have work set up, but I can't get work set up until we get up there.

This is my first Fire Ems department. I hate transfers because the hospital forgets we do work for them, a 6 hour round trip transfer for a patient that has NOTHING wrong with them. Had a transfer at 1am and they were being transferred for a " consult". Plus my schedule 24 duty, 24 call, 24 D...

I have been working at my department for almost 5 years but I have been questioning if I'm in the right career for a while now. I can't tell if I hate my job or if I just hate my department (Fire/Ems). My department has been described as "toxic and broken" by coworkers and a Chaplin. Things...

That's not even the worst thing this person has done this month. I'm on the verge of quitting but Im not sure what my next move should be, or if I even want to stay in this career because this department.

9 times in one day

Almost got in a fist fight with me because I emptied the ice cooler on the truck I was checking after he had already emptied it without telling me. Then proceeded to throw 5 buckets of ice on the floor before storming out back. My chief asked why he could hear his asst. chief yelling through a...