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I just meant that even as a 3rd person driver you still need a certification from the state. I don't really see any volunteer agency taking someone on as just a driver that doesn't have an EMS or Fire card. I'm curious how that works for your department. Do you staff the station?

Even then, that requirement is only for volunteer services (or "primarily volunteer") and you either have to have a fire card, be a police officer or have an EVOC cert to qualify to drive an ambulance that already has a transporting crew. I work for a fairly rural volunteer department and we...

Nothing ever will! :D

I guess how well you think they pay depends on where you are coming from. My department just lost 3 EMS people within the last 6 months; 1 to SC and 2 to NC. They definitely went for pay increases. Around these parts (NE Ohio) pay is about $8-10/hr for EMT and $10-12/hr for medics. :blink:

Pushing 40. All the whippersnappers in my class called me Daddy :P

Congrats!

My school required HBV, MMR, Varicella (if no chicken pox) and seasonal flu.

+1 for the Zebra F701. Awesome pen for <$10. But I prefer to carry cheap Zebra Z Grips (about $8 a dozen) on the squad. Even though the F701 isn't that expensive I don't want to lose it at the rate I lose regular pens. I have managed to keep a Space pen in my pocket as a backup for a couple...

EMT-B 70, passed. Took about 65 minutes.