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http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=39826 Pay was answered in your thread a little while back. As everyone has stated EMTs in SoCal (la/oc) make very little money especially when considering the high cost of living in those two counties. If you can go to central CA opposed to SoCal you...

Love it! I think you'd be more at home at firehouse.com with the real heroes.

Disagree. There are a lot of issues that must be resolved before just simply throwing money at it.

St Mary's in Victorville St Francis in Lynnwood Harbor General in Torrance These were the worst I've experienced.

True, but the OP asked about orange county. SoCal, Central Ca, and NorCal EMS systems are as different as the weather in each area.

As far as EMS goes it's not exactly 'up to par'. My point is EMS in SoCal is not a career. It is a stepping stone to FD/PD/RN/MD etc. so before you move 3k miles for a job that pays less than a burger stand I'd consider what your goals are and if this move will help or hinder them.

Pay for EMTs in LA/OC is around $10-12/hour. Just above minimum wage, not to mention there are thousands of EMTs looking for jobs in southern CA. Do you have to move to the wrong coast? If not I'd recommend looking at other states.

Absolutely. Look at the milage difference. Bikes aren't like cars, anything over 20k miles on a street bike is considered high mileage. I believe 2001 was when bikes changed to fuel injection.

Craigslist It's hit or miss obviously. I've had awesome roommates that I'm still friends with to this day, and then there really bad ones. Robb sorry to hear. Good luck with all that crap.

He just came home going 'we almost had to go to an MCI with CPR in progress' and I know how much he hates MCIs. Glad it went smooth.

My roommate works for AMR in riverside county and he said he barely dodged that call, it wasn't in his area but he said they were pulling in a lot of units.

Ya could be. I start Monday and I know several other SoCal divisions start tomorrow too.

Damn that's some driving you did! Hope you hear something

Good luck. Heard that 4-0 wouldn't be approved until the fiscal year. Should be a good busy season this year though. Where was the last place you interviewed?

Congrats where's it at? In TX?

What are you going to college for? What's your ultimate goal?

My buddy had one of those for over a month. Good luck

Yup. Unfortunately, that's the major downside.

1. Talk to a professional. I'd recommend a qualified therapist not any CISD type of counseling. 2. Take a break or a mini vacation if possible. 3. Start looking at other types of jobs, maybe completely away from the medical field. You're still very young, realize an extremely small number of...

I had nomex because I wore it at my reserve fire gig and I could also wear it when I worked the private ambulance. So instead of having two different sets of pants I just had one. In my opinion nomex looks better. It's also better quality and would last longer than the stuff AMR gave me. But of...