Philadelphia Paramedics plan suit...

[Jay]

A good many places make their EMT's get their FF1 somewhere. They're FF/EMT's by title, but it's understood that they won't ever actually be on a suppression unit. That way they're covered.

In Philly all Fire Fighters are EMT's and [usually] get assigned to work the BLS units. Every firefighter goes through EMT-B training during the academy and has to maintain it throughout their career. The problem is that the paramedics are not fire fighters like their BLS counterparts, therefore they do not fall into the same category. An interesting conundrum to say the least.