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Shawnee Heights Fire Dept is always hiring here in Topeka KS.
Also the fire dept out at the airport is always hiring - but there you have to serve double duty as part of the the police force for them - and they will pay to certify you.
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Northern VA fire departments had an open house drive in October. They may still be hiring. I'll look into it. DC is just down the road; Baltimore is a few miles North. As for airports, we have 3 major ones around here that might be hiring too (Dulles, Reagan, BWI).
quote:Originally posted by dBSteve: local fire dept here pays $18K ... thats a full time position too
bah! screw that!
I can make that much picking up cans for 8 hours a day lol.
There are a couple of fire depts here that are a few hours away in SMALLLLLLLL towns, like towns I couldn't see myself living in.
They start out at 48 a year with a 10k sign on bonus once you get out of rookie school. But I couldn't see myself living in a town that is the size of a nice hotel lol
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There are a couple of fire depts here that are a few hours away in SMALLLLLLLL towns, like towns I couldn't see myself living in.
They start out at 48 a year with a 10k sign on bonus once you get out of rookie school. But I couldn't see myself living in a town that is the size of a nice hotel lol
Curious, what FD starts at 48 a year and the town is the size of a hotel?
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There are a couple of fire depts here that are a few hours away in SMALLLLLLLL towns, like towns I couldn't see myself living in.
They start out at 48 a year with a 10k sign on bonus once you get out of rookie school. But I couldn't see myself living in a town that is the size of a nice hotel lol
Curious, what FD starts at 48 a year and the town is the size of a hotel?
I was over exaggerating.
Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and a couple of other "towns" are hiring. But I'm not gonna live in a small town. Basically at this point they are begging for people. But there has to be a reason for that much of a turnaround right?
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quote:Originally posted by TeamSubGoPoof: But there has to be a reason for that much of a turnaround right?
Low pay,
Long hours,
Not likely to be promoted,
These reasons come to mind.
probably because it is in a small town not enough action to keep them interested and as for the pay ff pay very well and the hours are awesome and u have the job security of a government job and u can jump in ranks easily as long as u can interview well.
are u ems certified and fire fighting or jsut have ur fire fighting certification? if you have both then you are alot more likely to get a job in a bigger town that pays well
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quote:Originally posted by TeamSubGoPoof: But there has to be a reason for that much of a turnaround right?
Low pay,
Long hours,
Not likely to be promoted,
These reasons come to mind.
probably because it is in a small town not enough action to keep them interested and as for the pay ff pay very well and the hours are awesome and u have the job security of a government job and u can jump in ranks easily as long as u can interview well.
are u ems certified and fire fighting or jsut have ur fire fighting certification? if you have both then you are alot more likely to get a job in a bigger town that pays well
i'm CPAT and EMS certified.
Ambulance Service pays JACK though, 12 dollars an hour screw that!
I'm doing swing shift on EMS though, basically when they are a person I go in and work for 16 dollars an hour. Make around 100 bucks a night but it stays pretty boring. I wouldn't like to do that forever
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