Question reguarding EMT-B Employment in NorCal/West Nevada/South Oregan

[Nelg]

Haven't posted in a while, so figured I'd start my first one in months as a question. Now, as the title says, I'm just curious as to rather or not anyone knows who generally hires EMT-Bs more with a new NREMT from out of state. I know that there are a lot of EMT-Bs, and I know that there are a lot of opinions about going Paramedic then looking. That being said, I want to work as a basic for a while, get some experience under my belt, and go for Paramedic further down the line. Looking at Resume editing that can fit an EMT-B to boot.

That being said, appericate any and all feed back

Edit: Forgot to mention that I was looking into getting extraction certs as well as a FF1/Fire Science degree here soon, and finishing up an AA in Law Enforcement Admin. Also looking at a cert to teach First aid and CPR with the Red Cross. Wilderness EMT, ect, any cert I can get. I'm always willing to learn

 

[TransportJockey]

Keep in mind, that to even apply you will still need to shell out money to the state EMS offices in the places you're looking in. But other than that I have no idea

 

[Nelg]

Ohh yeah, I knew that... Not looking forward to it, but soon as I fly back in the state, was going to get that going.

I did some figuring for the California side and was not looking forward to dropping that figure I came up with, but something I know is a nessicary evil.

 

[Handsome Robb]

No one in the Reno/Tahoe area uses Basics unless your going to fire, but even then RFD and SFD are mostly if not all Intermediates. As far as outlying rural areas I am not 100% sure about them using Basics but I would be willing to bet they do as last week on a rotation in the ER we had a crew from Lyon county come in with a guy with SVT with an Intermediate as the attendant.

The company in Reno uses Basics for standby events but currently they are not hiring. SEMSA in Susanville runs B/P trucks, but I personally would hate living up there. 4 prisons...no thank you!

The fee for a NV cert isn't bad. 10$ but that isn't an Attendant License, just a certificate, which should suffice for applications.

Here's the link to the form for the NV EMS Application
http://health.nv.gov/PDFs/EMS/Forms/EMSCertificationApplication.pdf