Recent content by Monkey

Ok. That is a BS policy. Is that in you CBA or policies? We are not punished for not using the CAD to map every call, that's insane. It's sad things are that petty up there.

Fair deal? When they took over up there the union got them one HELL of a deal, now they want more? When I heard what the wages were they got up there, I was stunned. To me from the numbers and such I've heard, it's a tad over the top and I can't blame ANY company for balking at the...

The Mayor wanted to delay the RFP to allow a study to examine the possibility of taking the EMS system back into the FD. However, with the current "issues" at the mayors office, that could be scrapped and the bid put out with-in the next year, or could actually delay the whole damn thing for a...

San Diego Rural Metro is union. BLS starting is $10/hr Starting Medic wages are about $13/hr though it can be higher depending on experience.

Falck bought Care OC a year or so ago, they're operating under that "parent company" here in SD for now. I agree it's strange but I'm sure the lawyers have found some sort of loophole that let them get operating faster than starting from scratch.

I don't get it... it says these are new for Ca, but in San Diego we've been doing that stuff for years. We don't have a couple of the drugs listed that are national, but the rest are pretty much standard. July we have a bunch of changes to BLS and ALS protocols, (hemostatic dressings) but...

North Park, Normal Heights are good if you want to be in the city. Look for areas like La Mesa and El Cajon (suburbs) as well, the rents can be a bit cheaper in those areas as well. The annex is off the 15 and Aero dr and that makes it easy (except during rush hour) to get to from just about...

You have to be with the company 6 months before you can apply and test to go bridged. Any R/M BLS can be dispatched at any time to run a level 4 911 call or in cases that the city is hammered will run level 1 calls with an Engine and transport that Fire/Medic and the pt. The 6 month...

Falck is hiring though not operating yet (from what I've heard.) http://www.falck.com/us_emergency/Pages/FalckSanDiego.aspx/

I've got friends that are interviewing this week, one today and one yesterday. they have to wait a couple weeks to find out if they're hired.

They've been doing interviews the last couple of days.

You're going to play hell trying to get PT or flex schedules around here. There are too many EMT's out there willing to work FT+ that companies don't need to even consider "special circumstance" EMT's and just move on.

I know medics here that claim to make 100k, and I believe it, as they work 7 days a week, and have no life. Shockable, if not already mentioned ( I scanned through this pretty rapidly ) Check into Mercy Ambulance as well. They do ALS in Northern San Diego County rural areas, around the I-15...

Southwestern, Palomar and EMSTA are all good programs. I don't know much about riverside. It all boils down to what you are looking for in a school. Palomar has close ties to North County Fire Depts and may lead to a job in that area. Southwestern is a solid program, the main drawback is...

It's in the contract they signed with the City of SD, they cannot bid or offer on Fire services when the won the 911 medical contract back in the 90's.