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Hello everyone!

I am going to be starting medic school in the next few months and I just have a couple of questions for when I finish (I know that wil be awhile away). I currently work as an EMT in LA county so all the 911 calls are dominated by FD. In fact, the company I work for hires medics as well, but it is just for IFT. I also know that in San Bernadino AMR does the 911 but it is nearly impossible to get a medic job there as well. I want to go the 911 route so I can continually work on my skills and become the best medic I can be. So my question is this: where should I concentrate my efforts on finding a medic job when I'm done with school that's 911? It would be great if it were anywhere in California or Florida.

Thanks for your time!
 
Anywhere other than CA
 
New Jersey is seriously better than California. I South Jersey You could easily get a 911 job. North Jersey and NYC would be my 2nd suggestion. Its certainly not a progressive system but you will find a job.

If you come over after several months experience doing IFT ALS, your chances go up becuase you won't be a "new" medic.
 
The closest, most realistic place would be Kern County - specifically Hall Ambulance.

Edit - I am a recent LA Co. medic grad if you have questions you can PM me.
 
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Cawolf86 said:
The closest, most realistic place would be Kern County - specifically Hall Ambulance.

Edit - I am a recent LA Co. medic grad if you have questions you can PM me.
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This. AMR does the ALS 911 transport in most of Riverside, most of San Bernardino and parts of San Diego Counties. A few of those areas have BLS FD response but most are ALS FD 1st response with an ALS AMR ambo to transport. Paramedic spots at AMR in the IE are few and far between right now. Kern County has I believe 3 ALS engines in the entire county(Pine Mountain Club(KCo E-58 and Cal City FD has 2, IIRC). Hall is a great place to be a medic, especially when you're new, high acuity calls, and a high volume, esp. in the Metro area. If it wasn't 180 miles from home, I might still be there, although I love my AMR division.
 
Just a heads up if you plan on applying at HALL don't put any FD related experience in you application. They want people who plan on spending 20+ yrs there.:glare:
 
Ok thanks for everything! You guys were seriously a lot of help and I appreciate it!
 
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