I think when you have a hiring where thousands of people are applying, many of them go to the Internet for additional information. A Google search for EMT info would easily lead to this site, and it is a good place to get questions answered from people who are familiar with various systems. It looks to me like many of the new posters on the FDNY threads are just interested in that and came here exclusively for FDNY hiring information.
FDNY is a pretty prestigious department and they're in the media a lot, but so is Detroit and they're not many threads asking how to get on their dept.
Prestigious? The only thing prestigious about working in Detroit is being able to brag that you still have a job. Pretty sure Detroit lays off more people than it hires.
And it's the only forum that I belong to that you can get an infraction for having a different opinion than an Moderator.
FDNY is a pretty prestigious department and they're in the media a lot, but so is Detroit and they're not many threads asking how to get on their dept.
Isn't the starting pay as a medic there like 38k a year or something along those lines?