FD Emplyment Requirments

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DrScienceSpaceCat

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Hello friends, I'm new here so I might as well start off with a newby question:

I'm about to get my EMT-B certification (just need to take the written) and am considering making a career out of it; but to work at a fire department would I need to have a FF cert. Or would I potentially be able to get hired as an EMT and just run calls with an ambulance?
Not sure of it differs to location but I'm in Lynchburg, Va.

Thanks!
 
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Generic

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This will depend on the type of system a fire department runs as there are several different setups depending on the fire department. Most fire departments that run ambulances use firefighter/paramedics (or FF/EMTs) and they are civil service employees. You have to be a firefighter in order work at that department.

Some other fire departments employee civilian EMTs and paramedics under the umbrella of the fire department. You do not have to be a firefighter. This usually happened when a city public health department that runs ambulances merges or goes under the umbrella of the fire department. Civilian EMTs/paramedics in the fire department. Then there are some departments that just want to hire civilians to run their ambulances.
 
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