Major.Huff
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Well I am new here, have just been reading other posts for a few day's now. Hoping that it is alright I'm posting this here. I've finally come to the point I really should just ask all of you on here who have a good deal of experience in the emergency services for an opinion.
I was certified for my EMT in April. Since then I have been applying to every Volunteer squad that is within a 1/2 hour to 45 minutes of my current location. So 3 EMS and 3 QRS. I began this process immediately after the approval of my certificate. I have had no luck in responses. And even made follow up calls. A close friend of mine has been a part of a fire company for a little over a year now, and is going for his FF1 in the fall. Suggested maybe I look into it as well. And I have thought about it, but was not entirely sure. It happens that a week ago a fire company (right near me), the most resent I contacted to get an application for, called me. I scheduled a time to stop in an fill one out. (Very nice people!) The same day though I finally had a phone call from an EMS station 20 minutes away. So I also made an interview time with them for next week. He was a bit rough on the edges though. Which was not helping with the matter.
Anyways, what I am trying to ask.. Is where do you think I should go, career wise? Fire, to be honest, was a fear of mine for the longest time. But there is just something incredibly intriguing about it that still has me hanging here debating. While EMT was a sort of spur of the moment thing, but I think all the crazy things people can survive are awesome. Will it kill me to run hours with both EMS & FD? I have yet to have the opportunity to run a call and make sure I am capable of the demands of trauma situations that are not in a calm scenario type moment. (Since no squad has returned my call until now!) I believe I'll be fine, but it's nice to try something before you say that it's what you want to do with your life?
If fire does not suit me, I have no problem just volunteering my time for the community, and their QRS when it's running. I really like to stick with things, rather than keep changing.
I doubt any of that made sense at all. I apologize for how jumbled it was. It's hard to ask someone in person even because everyone is EMS or FF. So asking people who have experience, and a clearer mind too sounds like a smart idea.
I'm just stuck in spot where fire sounds REALLY fun and continuing education into another field would be a blast, because it's something new! But also, I figured if I enjoyed EMS as much as I have for training, I would look into Paramedic training next year.
I thank anyone SO much if they take the time to read that, and put the effort into trying to figure out what in the world I am saying. Harder to write out than I thought. I am so sorry ha ha. Thank you all loads in advance though!
I was certified for my EMT in April. Since then I have been applying to every Volunteer squad that is within a 1/2 hour to 45 minutes of my current location. So 3 EMS and 3 QRS. I began this process immediately after the approval of my certificate. I have had no luck in responses. And even made follow up calls. A close friend of mine has been a part of a fire company for a little over a year now, and is going for his FF1 in the fall. Suggested maybe I look into it as well. And I have thought about it, but was not entirely sure. It happens that a week ago a fire company (right near me), the most resent I contacted to get an application for, called me. I scheduled a time to stop in an fill one out. (Very nice people!) The same day though I finally had a phone call from an EMS station 20 minutes away. So I also made an interview time with them for next week. He was a bit rough on the edges though. Which was not helping with the matter.
Anyways, what I am trying to ask.. Is where do you think I should go, career wise? Fire, to be honest, was a fear of mine for the longest time. But there is just something incredibly intriguing about it that still has me hanging here debating. While EMT was a sort of spur of the moment thing, but I think all the crazy things people can survive are awesome. Will it kill me to run hours with both EMS & FD? I have yet to have the opportunity to run a call and make sure I am capable of the demands of trauma situations that are not in a calm scenario type moment. (Since no squad has returned my call until now!) I believe I'll be fine, but it's nice to try something before you say that it's what you want to do with your life?
If fire does not suit me, I have no problem just volunteering my time for the community, and their QRS when it's running. I really like to stick with things, rather than keep changing.
I doubt any of that made sense at all. I apologize for how jumbled it was. It's hard to ask someone in person even because everyone is EMS or FF. So asking people who have experience, and a clearer mind too sounds like a smart idea.
I'm just stuck in spot where fire sounds REALLY fun and continuing education into another field would be a blast, because it's something new! But also, I figured if I enjoyed EMS as much as I have for training, I would look into Paramedic training next year.
I thank anyone SO much if they take the time to read that, and put the effort into trying to figure out what in the world I am saying. Harder to write out than I thought. I am so sorry ha ha. Thank you all loads in advance though!