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Actually, california community colleges have gone up to $26 a credit hour. For the Universities, it's obviously more.

Be creative with my answer? Chall, either 8 hour shift exist, or they don't. At my company, they don't. You can get 5 9 hour shifts a week, 4 11.5 hour shifts a week, a 3 on 4 off 3 on 4 off 12 hour shift, or a Kelly schedule 24. Those are your options.

Night time street corner shifts are FUN. We all deal with it differently. I take my computer, a harddrive with movies on it, a book, a pillow (for naps, even though I'm small, it's hard to get comfortable in a vanbulance). If you're working nights, it's generally easier to count on sleeping...

1 job, average 53.5 hours a week unless I pick up an extra shift. Also, 6 units at school (starting the 31st).

Hmmm, on our Whelen sirens, the Yelp and T3 are separate settings. Yelp works like wail, but starts on yelp, generally to get the airhorn, we have to switch from HF/Wail/Yelp to T3 while holding the horn button. I'm too short to effectively do this while controlling the vehicle (even with my...

I work 1815-0545, some nights are DEAD, others, we never stop moving. Yes, we're in the rig the whole time, no stations for us while we're on the clock. Dead shifts, we try to sleep. Shoot, even the less than dead shifts usually allow for at least a 15 minute nap here or there. Like most...

For general calls, something soothing that came on the phone. For work people, it's a siren. For the other half it's "You shook me all night long" by AC/DC. And for text messages, it's the tone the MDT makes for emergent response (I was bored one night, and recorded and cleaned it up). I want...

Are you talking about EMT Intermediate???? There are now EMT Intermediates in Southern California, and only a (relative) handful in Northern California. If you were able to find the class, it won't get you anything.

wyo, be careful about suggesting EMS volunteerism to Californians. Depending on where they are, it pretty much doesn't exist. To the op, go back to college, and, GET A JOB (easier said then done, I know).

6 months, no write ups, there has to be an opening where you're going, and BOTH divisions have to approve it.

No, the hiring freeze was lifted is all.

yup, they do do that stuff, and search myspace and facebook and such, fair warning....

sure you could. would you be hired the second time, depends.

LOL Linuss, I get to deal with LA City Dept of Transportation, and I'm not even based in LA!!!! I also have to have the ADL, and a million other little pieces of paper. Deborah: You're going to have to tell us where you are hun. This is an international site, and things are different...

kec, you seem to be really stressing over this whole process! Relax man. Ever had your credit checked before? On a credit check, they list your employers. So, the credit check is more like cross referencing your stated work history. As far as the background check, it's mainly to make sure...

LOL, we call one of our medics Sparky, for, um, OTHER reasons....

Yes, it's necessary to be an EMT first. In your (our) area there's two different experience levels requested. If you want to go to school close to home, they ask for 6 months of prehospital experience, aka on an ambulance, ER tech doesn't count. A little further away they want 1 year, with 6...

I also never heard it until I came here. As you know, here we call them Ricky or Ricky Rescue.

kec, handled privately.

Yup, happens a lot.