arringnl
32 Years Experience
Goose Creek, SC
Male, 54
Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
Compensated no, it is a violation of Fair Labor and Standards. you can only work so many hours in a week.
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Yes, I am currently going to Eastern Kentucky University online working on a BA in occupational Safety. Firefighting schedules work out pretty good for school.
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Usually volunteers have to pull some duty to ensure that there are people to respond. A neighboring volunteer fire dept has their volunteers pull a night shift from 8 pm to 6 am at least once a month. So this is probably what you are refering to.
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Burns faster increases collapse time in structures is the simpliest way to answer that one.
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Border Patrol Agent
Do Mexican authorities help on THEIR side of the border?
Server / Bartender
How much more do female servers get tipped?
Help Desk Technician
What's the closest you've come to "losing it" on someone you were helping?
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Thats how you learn and they get to know you.
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Volunteer with a Dept. but make yourself more valuable by getting your EMT Certification since that is where the majority of our work comes from. It takes longer to teach a person to perform EMS than firefighting. So that gives you a heads up against others. I don't know how your feel about the military but they do have firefighters that you can enlist for.
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