who has used trainingdivision.com??

[xstalkrx]

Who has used this service?

I will be an EMT-B at the end of this May. I desperately seek a job as a firefighter and want to do it as quickly as possible. I am guessing the next step is to get my paramedic and then fire certifications?

[BLSboy]

Who has used this service?

I will be an EMT-B at the end of this May. I desperately seek a job as a firefighter and want to do it as quickly as possible. I am guessing the next step is to get my paramedic and then fire certifications?

You guess that is your next step?
What do you want to do?
Fireman?
EMT?
Paramedic?
Firefighter/EMT?
Fire/Medic?

Don't try go become a Medic if you don't wanna, don't try to be a fireman if you don't wanna.

Best advice, work as an EMT (doing 911, not interfacility) for a while, see if you like it. Think about the move up to Medic.
Are you a volly FF anywhere? Look into it if you are not.
That is, if you want to be a fireman.

[Geinandputitout]

Who has used this service?

I will be an EMT-B at the end of this May. I desperately seek a job as a firefighter and want to do it as quickly as possible. I am guessing the next step is to get my paramedic and then fire certifications?

It depends on what you want to do. If you have a career fire department in mind, I would probably opt for a community college in the same town as that fire department. Odds are that the instructors at the local community college will be off-duty firefighters / company officer's from the same local fire department.

If you are don't know / don't care what town you work in then the web-site may be a good site.

As mentioned ad finitum in previous threads, going to paramedic school will help your fire service career in some parts of the country. In many places in the mid-west it is very helpful. In other places it will not.

[xstalkrx]

I was looking here... http://www.trainingdivision.com/Academy.asp

Firefighter 1 and 2....I have never seen "firefighter 1 and 2" on the list of requirements to get hired on at a given fire department. Is "firefighter 1 and 2" the same thing as "firefighter basic" ?

[BLSboy]

I was looking here... http://www.trainingdivision.com/Academy.asp

Firefighter 1 and 2....I have never seen "firefighter 1 and 2" on the list of requirements to get hired on at a given fire department. Is "firefighter 1 and 2" the same thing as "firefighter basic" ?

Uhhh. Yea.

Stay away from that. Did you read it all? Valid only in Texas, and whoever accepts Texas Certs.

You can't just read, and do online. you have to read, learn, get stories, then go do hands on. The same day. Not months later.

Bad, bad, bad.

And yes, many areas require the minimum standards before applying.

[xstalkrx]

Uhhh. Yea.

Stay away from that. Did you read it all? Valid only in Texas, and whoever accepts Texas Certs.

You can't just read, and do online. you have to read, learn, get stories, then go do hands on. The same day. Not months later.

Bad, bad, bad.

And yes, many areas require the minimum standards before applying.


it says texas and other IFSAC states. what is IFSAC?

[THEFIRENUT]

It says right on their web site "Basic Fire Academy (Firefighter 1 and 2)". So yes, Firefighter Basic and FF 1 & FF2 are the same.

Now IFSAC accredited certifications are good in all states that except them. This way, you don't have to retake FF course if you move to another state. But you must remember, IFSAC certs are only good in states that except them.

From their own site:

What is IFSAC?
IFSAC is the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress. We are a peer driven, self governing system that accredits both fire service certification programs and higher education fire-related degree programs. IFSAC is a nonprofit organization authorized by the Board of Regents of Oklahoma State University as a part of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology. The IFSAC Administrative Offices are located on the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The administrative staff consists of the IFSAC Manager, a Unit Assistant and Student Staff Technicians.

[xstalkrx]

It says right on their web site "Basic Fire Academy (Firefighter 1 and 2)". So yes, Firefighter Basic and FF 1 & FF2 are the same.

Now IFSAC accredited certifications are good in all states that except them. This way, you don't have to retake FF course if you move to another state. But you must remember, IFSAC certs are only good in states that except them.

From their own site:

What is IFSAC?
IFSAC is the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress. We are a peer driven, self governing system that accredits both fire service certification programs and higher education fire-related degree programs. IFSAC is a nonprofit organization authorized by the Board of Regents of Oklahoma State University as a part of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology. The IFSAC Administrative Offices are located on the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The administrative staff consists of the IFSAC Manager, a Unit Assistant and Student Staff Technicians.

from my readings...it seems that even if you move to a state that is not IFSAC, you should be able to transfer your certs for a nominal fee.

Are most states IFSAC?

[THEFIRENUT]

from my readings...it seems that even if you move to a state that is not IFSAC, you should be able to transfer your certs for a nominal fee.

Are most states IFSAC?


Here is some information about what levels of accreditation are at each state:

[hwoods]

No one has asked the most important question Yet..........

What part of the Country are you in???.....

Like Real Estate, Fire/EMS is an area where the biggest thing is Location, Location, Location.

Here's why - Job requirements vary greatly from place to place. Here, in Maryland you are Hired First, then Trained. You can bring all the Certs you want, but you're going to Rookie School anyway. Of course, you're being paid while you go to school. ALL Training in Maryland is provided by either the Individual Department, in the Large Metro areas, or the University of Maryland's Training system, the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute. Volunteer Departments accept National Pro Board Certs for Fire Training. and the State will look at your EMT and decide whether you can get a Maryland EMT Cert or if you need to take additional training. NREMT will be accepted, but you take a test anyway. Big thing here is you have to be a Member of a Department BEFORE taking any Training, Ordinary people who aren't affilliated with a department can't apply for training classes. Last, ALL TRAINING IS FREE. If you don't live in Maryland, you should. Pay Scales here are good, but other posters like Cap6888 know more than I do on that. I do know that our retirement is the best anywhere.