EMT Employment Disqualification

[CharlieT]

EMTLIFE,

I hoping to find clarity and guidance. I'm currently working as a Wildland firefighter thinking about a career change into emergency medicine.

I have 1 speeding ticket in California while on a Nevada DL. I did not pay it for a few months (I blame it on youthful indiscretion) resulting my California license to have a suspension due to failure to appear between the late 2018 and early 2020. I have since gotten my CA license and the suspension now appears on my DMV record.

While I know I was foolish for being resistant to paying the speeding ticket, am I being foolish for thinking that I may still be able to be hired by a 911 Ambulance service despite my temporarily license suspension?

Thanks everyone,

CT

 

[Mufasa556]

I’d call up some 911 companies and ask them. You could IFT around for a while as an attendant to get some experience first.

 

[DrParasite]

realistically, it's up to each individual ambulance service if a temporary DL suspension makes you ineligible for employment (the same applies to fire departments btw). No one here can give you a blanket answer, because there isn't one. Make some phone calls to places you want to work for, and ask them specifically what their hiring criteria is

Simply stated, if I own and operate DrP's Ambulance service, and I like you, I might offer you a job. But I might not make the same offer to someone who I don't know or like.

Similarly, your employment competition is 10:1 or 100:1, with many of your competitors not having a temporary DL suspension, which makes them better candidates (at least on paper). So you might face an uphill battle gaining employment, but it's def not impossible.

 

[Rano Pano]

Yes

 

[firecoins]

You can probably get a job as a medic doing IFT or event staffing until it goes off your record. It might be difficult to get a 911 job but it’s not an automatic disqualificatio. And your chances increase after a few years with a good driving record.

 

[fm_emt]

Depends on where you are, what level you are, and how desperate the employer is.
As long as you cleared it up and you have a currently clean record, it might not be a huge issue.
Be careful and don't get another one. Slow down.