I recently earned my NREMTB. Volunteering. College science courses leading into A&P. Heading into paramedic.
In my city, everything is ran by the fire department and everyone only goes through EMS courses at the community colleges so to look shiny to the FD. I'm not one of those people. I've wanted to work EMS for a long time without the idea of firefighting crossing my mind. Here it is damn impossible to find private ambulance work, if you do it is only transfers. There is never openings.
Anyways, I posted about background checks on firehouse.com and its made me wonder if I would ever beable to be hired on a fire department. I :censored::censored::censored::censored:ed up when I was a kid. I'm older now, and wised up but it doesn't sound like getting on a fd is neccessarily possible and if it is at all it will be a long time down the road of "proving" myself.
So there is that.
This is probably a rediculous question. Elsewhere is it possible to find Non-fd 911 work and make a decent living?
Lets say "decent living" is 30,000, not carrying multiple jobs, and living in a city with a median income of around 40,000.
After starting the my preqs to a&P I'm finding myself interested in learning more about plant biology/ecology. Being a teacher sounds very rewarding. I want to be a paramedic, but the idea of only transfering for several years is not what I want.
Please shine light on what a city without their head stuck up there a** looks like. THANKS.
In my city, everything is ran by the fire department and everyone only goes through EMS courses at the community colleges so to look shiny to the FD. I'm not one of those people. I've wanted to work EMS for a long time without the idea of firefighting crossing my mind. Here it is damn impossible to find private ambulance work, if you do it is only transfers. There is never openings.
Anyways, I posted about background checks on firehouse.com and its made me wonder if I would ever beable to be hired on a fire department. I :censored::censored::censored::censored:ed up when I was a kid. I'm older now, and wised up but it doesn't sound like getting on a fd is neccessarily possible and if it is at all it will be a long time down the road of "proving" myself.
So there is that.
This is probably a rediculous question. Elsewhere is it possible to find Non-fd 911 work and make a decent living?
Lets say "decent living" is 30,000, not carrying multiple jobs, and living in a city with a median income of around 40,000.
After starting the my preqs to a&P I'm finding myself interested in learning more about plant biology/ecology. Being a teacher sounds very rewarding. I want to be a paramedic, but the idea of only transfering for several years is not what I want.
Please shine light on what a city without their head stuck up there a** looks like. THANKS.