Recent content by Mikef19

What day are people who got the call scheduled to start the academy?

You in one of the current classes? At least you’re getting paid for it, I wish i would have come in as an emt years ago and upgraded. I did it on the outside and came in as a ptop.

Yes, you need to be an EMT before you’re a medic. There is an internal promotion to paramedic within the department. After you finish the academy, when DCAS posts the filing for the upgrade, you sign up for that. Then there is an internal entry exam (basic math, protocol stuff) given by the...

Little word of advice, stop calling your investigator and bothering them. If they need anything or have questions, they will get in touch with you. It’s been said many times on this thread, it’s a long process and you need to be patient.

They haven’t done a pps class, or created a posting for one in a few years. There are some rumblings of them going back to those classes, but nothing is set in stone. pps is the 3 month medic academy if you didn’t want to come in as an emt. I don’t want to sway you in either way since there is a...

Where do you live? Are you associated with any agencies? New York State allows you to refresh through cme programs. Just going to a bunch of classes. Each remac hosts classes, and that’s where you submit all your paperwork through.

New York is attempting to transition to nremt, but I’m not sure how reciprocity works. Contact New York State ems for more info. Also, you need to live in a certain vicinity of nyc to work for FDNY.

This. You’re also gonna be trying on a bunch of stuff. You’ll meet the drill instructors and they will tell you what to do. It’s pretty imperative you listen to everything they say, and step lively.

Just a little word of advice for those starting, and those who will be in future classes. Take this from someone who has no issue with people bettering themselves and taking the fire promotional. But there are people who are very against it. With that said, when you start doing your rotations...

If you miss their call they will leave you a message to call back as soon as you can.

I’ll never stop harping on this point: be early for everything. 1) it shows them how serious you are about this job 2)you get done with a lot of things first. It’s a very good habit to get into for any career you have. It’s called being an adult.

Not true at all. I’ve known plenty of people who are just walking muscles, in the best shape ever, and were told they had to drop weight because they didn’t match the BMI scale.

That psych test used to be something like 600 questions. It was very long. I guess that’s why psych and medical were done on different days. Just be patient. We literally just lost close to 10 percent of our workforce to the fire promotion. They will be churning out classes as quick as possible.

You won’t have time to leave the base and get back. Some people bring stuff, if you don’t, at the beginning of the day they past around a menu from a local deli that delivers at lunch time. Unless you have some seriously good pipes, avoid sluggo at all costs. You’re taking your life and...

If it’s on your detailed earning statement, you gotta list it. Stuff that was “off the books” you don’t need to.