Haha thats the way to do it! Do you train at all? Run, hike, ect. I am starting to do more and more of it because its vitally important. If so i'll have to hit you up sometime
I am looking more at Riverside, San Diego, maybe even Seattle (They pay more) Maybe CalFire for a summer job. Ventura City is awesome. County would be cool too but they never hire.
From what they say the Medic Lic will get you in a department faster. Plus its not near as much money to do it at VC. I want to get my FF1 and Medic. If your going to do a ride along shoot for 54 or 1 for the city. They seam to get more calls.
OC is cool. I still attend my last 2 classes at VC while taking my EMT and fire courses. Fire tech is a lot of fun. As long as your stay on top of the work. What helped me the most was getting a few ride alongs before starting the fire courses. Rode with 50s, 23s, 82s, E1, and 54s next week.
Haha I was an explorer cadet for CHP. Every officer I ever rode with would never do that. Heck they would always take back roads to assure EMS beat us to any accident. They loved all the EMS guys