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Portland Fire & Rescue (Oregon) recruiting 2011
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Ski,
I've got a friend who made the short list for the trainee group. I think he said there are 30 of them. My understanding is that when Portland hires a Trainee group, they will pull from these 30 for it. They were encouraged to maintain their EMT if they already have it, and if they don't Portland will be scheduling an EMT class for them sometime in the near future, it may have said late summer or early fall. They were not given any dates though...
I'm in the same boat as you, on the EMT list and still wondering about the results from the Chief's Interview. Yeah, we'll probably be waiting awhile longer before we hear, but I'm glad to know that something's going on with the list now. Maybe we can get excited when they staff the TAC again...
Nozzleman, thanks for the updates you keep giving us! Even if it is speculation or a rumor, its a more educated guess than we can come up with right now, and we appreciate it!
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MR5119,
Nope. All I hear from the people I know up there is the same story. Nothing happening until early 2013 at the earliest and nobody knows why the trainees heard something about where they stand but the EMT/Medic group is still in the dark.
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jdf453,
I don't think anyone has heard anything other than rumors. They supposedly aren't hiring anyone until after the first of the year and if past academies are an indication, a group of trainees will be hired first and then some of us EMT/Medics will merge in after their two month initial academy.
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel a little cheated on how Portland has handled this entire process. They chose to make this a national campaign and look for the best applicants from across the country. We have flown out to Portland three, (some of us four), times to continue through the hiring process. I feel lucky to have made it through the interview, but that was back in January. Don't they at least owe us a ranking? I understand PFR is not hiring at this time, but they know where the applicants sit according to rank. If just to let us know, "your number 3 on the list when we hire." Or, "you are the last guy on the list". This would help us have an idea "IF" they do open up to hire, what are chances would be for packing up the family and moving out West. Am I asking for too much?
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The test befor this one they did the same thing. I was in that process and got a letter saying we went with someone else but you are still on the list. I emailed the recruiting person and he said that they dont give out ranks. So don't expect to get a rank from PFD. For me it was a long process as well. Didn't get picked up but a buddy of mine did and he was an alternate for the academy and then they ended up hiring him for the next one. I missed the interviews on this last test by 1% but good luck and God Speed in the process if it continues. Does anybody know if they are going to keep this list or will they re-test if this list reaches it's 2 years?
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