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Someone always screws up. Heard you guys out there this morning. Good luck the rest of the way.

Good luck to everyone starting tomorrow. I'd highly suggest arriving pretty early. Parking is gonna be at a premium. And try not to block me in! I only have 3 days left in the academy, so I most likely won't have too much interaction with you guys.

And for those asking, sorry, I couldn't find that picture I took.

Do not assume anything. If it says wear it, then wear it. Last thing you want on day 1 is to start off out of uniform in front of all the big brass.

Not unless you are coming to a medic cpap in service. Next week is my last week at the academy. I'm sure I'll see you guys on Tuesday waiting outside, probably getting yelled at for someone being late, wrong a uniform. Someone is bound to screw up in a group of 90.

You wear one of the 5 pair of work pants they gave you to the academy and everything else. The other pants are for the class A uniforms, which you won't need until the last week of the academy. I took a picture of the manequin in the back room when I went in because that's the uniform you wear...

You'll get the stuff you leave behind at the end of the class. QM is literally across the street from the training building.

Yea, it was quick. But that's because my class was only 2! Yea, lot's of stuff. Some stuff you leave there to get patches put on and embroidery. That's what I was picking up today. Not sure how many people they are sending at a time for you guys, but QM is closed tomorrow, Thursday and Friday...

That is correct. I wore jeans and a zip sweatshirt. You will be getting a lot of stuff. Was at the QM today to pick up some stuff and they were loading the place up for you guys.

179 is certainly not the number. I'm 6' and I think for that height its 224. I was able to drop close to 25 pounds in the 30 days they give you before the reweigh. And I did it in s healthy fashion.

It's probably less than that. I'm 6' and it was lower than that. It is possible to lose the weight in the time frame. I did it.

Day of. When you go, there is a form you fill out with all your meds, what you ate/drank last night etc.

Tell them about everything. Those are prescription, at least they were when I had lasik done. Failure to disclose is a huge thing they talk about, always err on the side of caution and tell them.

First off, if my 36 year old, pretty out of shape *** can do the P/T, anyone should be able to. Secondly, I don't understand why the guy in the article has such a problem with a more disciplined approach. We as EMS people have been the ******* step child of emergency services for years now...

I think those guys said about 80 percent of the class went there.

Agree with fdhopeful33. There is no way you can hold down an additional full time job during the academy. Especially trying to go from one to the other. Class starts at 7, but everyone is usually there very early. Being on time for things is paramount in fdny.

That is very incorrect. There is most definitely a BMI requirement. If you don't make the weight the first time you do your medical, you are given 30 days to lose the difference. I'll give you the rundown on the process, as it pertained to me. Keep in mind, I was on the paramedic list, which...

Not trying to be a douche, but if you are overweight, definitely start working on dropping a bunch. When it comes to the medical, they are very strict on their weight requirements. You probably have a little while before that comes, but it would be better to get going on it now, then have to try...

It's definitely a big class. One of the instructors said again today it's gonna be around 180. Good luck.

It's definitely at least 180. Class in now has about 3 weeks left. I think there is also a medic basic class going in (internal upgrade from emt to medic). Someone I know on 5003 who was in the 900's finished all his processing already. Just not sure how many were on the list total. I'm gonna...