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I work currently in an ER as a tech and i am an emt-b. I interviewed for this position previously right out of emt school and they said i needed experience. I then worked as an orderly in the OR and interviewed again the next time it came up and they hired me because i had some hospital exp...

That is incorrect. The medics that work for the private companies like Sunstar are not required to be firefighters. some may be because they have side jobs with sunstar and work for the fire service. Florida is VERY tough on out of state certs.. visit the dept of health for ems reciprocity...

Fire Departments are ALS in all of Pasco, Pinellas, and Hillsborough counties. In Pinellas, Fire does no transporting and all patients are tranported via Sunstar which is managed by Paramedics Plus. In Pasco, fire transports most patients and will call BLS companies like. AMR and medfleet to...