Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
What was the question again
Zero support. Lack of maturity and expierence.
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.
As the saying goes Paramedics save lives, EMT save paramedics. I have seen lousy paramedics over the years that is for sure. But either level is part of an team. So that can go either way. My personal opinion is that a FF should be a minimum of EMT since the majority of calls these days are medical.
Stand-Up Comedian
What's your worst bombing story?
Certified Nurse Aide
Are there social cliques (like "cool kids") in old folks homes?
Physical Therapist
What's the most dramatic "before-and-after" improvement you've ever seen with a patient?
Thats how you learn and they get to know you.
Join a volunteer Dept and get yourself ready. Down South we don't have civil service exams. When the vacancy occurs we advertize the position for applicants.
Burns faster increases collapse time in structures is the simpliest way to answer that one.
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