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A lot of people are placed in the situation you are in now. I was about a year and a half ago. I took the IFT job and within three weeks quit it to go work for CARE. If asked about it later in an interview or such just explain you felt that it was a better opportunity to further advance your...

This information about schaefer is a little outdated, about a year old. Schaefer requires all full time employees to work 24s. The schedule is week A three 24s and week B four 24s. If you are in school it will be really hard to do well in class if you are working that much. Things may have...

If you are commuting 100 miles round trip that's going to put a big hole in your pocket from gas. I would look at how much you are spending on gas and food and then compare that to the part time wages of AMR. Honestly I bet you it isn't going to be a huge difference since CAREs pay isn't...

Coming from someone who works for care, if a suit makes you feel more confident or will improve your perception of yourself wear it. If not then you will be good in a dress shirt, tie and slacks.

Slacks, tie, button up shirt, nice shoes and a belt will suffice. Wear a suit if you want but it isn't required

Ohhh gotcha

Yeah that sounds really crappy and almost illegal. If you are in the field learning that sounds like work to me which should be paid. Do the FTOs get extra pay for teaching trainees?

The test is a weird contraption you get into that tests your back strength. It will progressively get harder and harder about 5 times and the test is done. Its based on levels of resistance depending on your height and weight. 95% people pass including woman. After that there is lifting around...

How is the relationship with SD city fire and R/M?

Got it and are the 911 cars in house? Is it a mix of day cars and 24s?

What is the starting pay for a new hire?

Given your location I would really try to get a job outside of LA or OC so it might be a good thing CARE didn't work out at the moment. This is just my opinion but for LACo there really isn't a better company to work for due to benefits, equipment and people. If I lived closer to San Bernardino...

I have heard many horror stories about americare and this pretty much reinforces all of them. CARE also runs back up for Compton on the east side and back up for Downey. In reality there is probably 2-3 calls per month in both of those cities combined.

Sorry to hear that. I would imagine that was probably the reason. You still have other options though that you can focus more on now.

I don't know much except for this. There is a very low turnover rate. I worked with someone who worked there part time. Part time consisted of picking up shifts when the full timers took time off. He was working one or two 24s a month. It sounded like a great company and everyone really likes it...

Yeah I am a full time student. And have been my entire employment at care.

County yes, LA city has a little bit different of a schedule. Here's the link: http://lafd.org/shift.htm I know the reason that CARE follows the Kelley schedule is so that you're constantly running with the same FD crews. I would think the same for AMR out in Irwindale. Fire is cool...

Yeah CARE does. Some days when I get luck we run two calls in the 24 hours:D

Haha that's a good point. I know this was after taxes and before one person said he made $52k. This is SoCal so pay is horrible ($8-$10 range). I know at Schaefer they got paid for 16 hours straight. Then they had to be up for more than 2 hours during the night to receive the other 8 hours of pay.

I currently work at CARE and can tell you the orientation is not necessary. Put in an app if you want to work there. Feel free to PM me with any questions about them. I have spoken to a few people from Schaefer. Personally I have never heard anything negative about the company. The only...