Calling all firefighters

[04SS99Denali]

its pretty hard to land a paid job at least in my area. considering most towns are volunteer and the few that arnt rarely ever look because nobody leaves. i volunteer and i find it fun to be honest lol

 

[lowexpo]

As a ff/medic I can tell you it's best job in the world. It is fun to say the least. As far as being "fit" for cpat, or if your not familiar with cpat, you start off with 75lbs on your back while on a stair stepper. I've been a cpat proctor for a while and the stepper gets a lot of people. There is a workout plan to get ready, I'd start there. It is a very rewarding job and I wish you the best. Having a foot in the door helps too!

 

[DaRosa218]

I am a Full time Medic on a Box and Volunteer for a local dept. out here on Cali. It is a fantastic job and is highly competitive. I have been doing this field since I came out of High School and been happy everyday since. What cert, training or experience do you have? I am a field training instructor for my company as well as a CPR Instructor and teach part-time for NCTI as a EMT Instructor. PM me for my email and I can tell you all you need to know about prepping for your Exam. I know California is different that Washington, but California is very competitive for a Fire-Fighting position as a lot of Departments are laying guys off and created a Fire Fighter displacement list which gives them top priority to departments to be hired.

Here is somethings to check out and get to know...

CPAT:http://www.cffjac.org/go/jac/cpat/

Prep Video
http://www.cffjac.org/go/jac/cpat/preparing-for-the-cpat/


As said, do as many ride alongs as possible and try to get on somewhere as a volunteer and if you haven't, get your EMT ASAP and get some EMS experience. Everyone thinks Fire-Fighting is all about fighting fire. I can personally say that it's not. Medical Aids is becoming the highest percentage of calls for Fire Dept's and EMS experience is a fantastic thing to have on your resume as well as Fire experience.

Goodluck!

A couple of cool work photos for ya

 

[Regency]

I'm not a FF/EMT, but I've gone through the LE side and I can say that as hard as it is for people looking to do LE, it's 10x harder to get on as a FF. A family friend works HR for a big city in socal and they had an opening for FF. They had to close the posting after 3 hrs as they received over 800 qualified applicants in that timeframe. There are a lot of qualified people trying to get into the field and no openings. As was recommended, ride-alongs and cadet type programs are your best bet to get your foot in the door and make the contacts that can help you get hired.

Thanks for the help man and jeeze 800 in 3 hours!

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its pretty hard to land a paid job at least in my area. considering most towns are volunteer and the few that arnt rarely ever look because nobody leaves. i volunteer and i find it fun to be honest lol

Seattle is hiring alot lately same with eastside fire companies and rescue companies so I'm good there and yeah I already know it would be super fun I always see them having fun.

As a ff/medic I can tell you it's best job in the world. It is fun to say the least. As far as being "fit" for cpat, or if your not familiar with cpat, you start off with 75lbs on your back while on a stair stepper. I've been a cpat proctor for a while and the stepper gets a lot of people. There is a workout plan to get ready, I'd start there. It is a very rewarding job and I wish you the best. Having a foot in the door helps too!

Thanks bro.

I am a Full time Medic on a Box and Volunteer for a local dept. out here on Cali. It is a fantastic job and is highly competitive. I have been doing this field since I came out of High School and been happy everyday since. What cert, training or experience do you have? I am a field training instructor for my company as well as a CPR Instructor and teach part-time for NCTI as a EMT Instructor. PM me for my email and I can tell you all you need to know about prepping for your Exam. I know California is different that Washington, but California is very competitive for a Fire-Fighting position as a lot of Departments are laying guys off and created a Fire Fighter displacement list which gives them top priority to departments to be hired.

Here is somethings to check out and get to know...

CPAT:http://www.cffjac.org/go/jac/cpat/

Prep Video
http://www.cffjac.org/go/jac/cpat/preparing-for-the-cpat/


As said, do as many ride alongs as possible and try to get on somewhere as a volunteer and if you haven't, get your EMT ASAP and get some EMS experience. Everyone thinks Fire-Fighting is all about fighting fire. I can personally say that it's not. Medical Aids is becoming the highest percentage of calls for Fire Dept's and EMS experience is a fantastic thing to have on your resume as well as Fire experience.

Goodluck!

A couple of cool work photos for ya

For the training I'm only 15 and jee thanks alot for the links and tips really appreciate it I think it would be really competitive anywhere you go too.

 

[Regency]

Here's the station I want to work at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T7Te2ZTOfU&feature=related
I think it has 2-3 ambulances, 2 engines, battalion chief, 2 haz-mat units (one is super technology advanced one is an old garbage truck) I know there's more as well just can't think It's a huge station very state of the art (solar panels and things of that nature). pics are of the station and trucks

 

[Denali0229]

I have a couple friends that are ff. Very good career choice especially at your age. One friend is an army reserve and gets paid for that and he's also a nurse since you get so much time off. He's been doing it for 5-7 years and is making good money now. I use to work at a golf course and we had a guy there that worked a couple days a week for free golf. He was only 55 and was a retired ff. Says he makes $60k a year from his pension. There's def a lot of benefits that come with the job. I pay almost $500 a month for medical, dental, disability and a bunch of other insurance. It would be nice to get those for free like ff do.

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[Regency]

Yeah with 2-3 days a week I wanna have my own mobile tint company and/or mobile detailing then someday my own custom body shop since Washington is really slacking on custom cars.