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How to get a job with a federal/DoD fire department by omgee Started by omgee, 01-31-2016, 12:24 PM	3 responses 3,500 views 0 likes	Last Post by Guest 02-05-2016, 12:50 PM
Reno, Nevada Air National Guard Fire Departments, state employee by crash42fire Started by crash42fire, 10-22-2015, 06:45 PM	5 responses 1,733 views 0 likes	Last Post by Guest 11-01-2015, 12:07 AM
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West point military academy fire dept by DC85 Started by DC85, 06-26-2015, 10:54 AM	3 responses 1,767 views 0 likes	Last Post by pbbanks 07-05-2015, 11:19 AM
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Naval District Washington Fire Dept by signal105 Started by signal105, 12-16-2013, 10:40 AM	10 responses 4,241 views 0 likes	Last Post by USCGFF 02-10-2015, 05:19 AM
Active Duty Buy Back by USCGFF Started by USCGFF, 02-06-2015, 04:17 AM	1 response 747 views 0 likes	Last Post by Here and there 02-06-2015, 11:35 PM
DOD Fire Academy by Sanders904 Started by Sanders904, 04-19-2013, 12:40 PM	6 responses 4,499 views 0 likes	Last Post by bigjim54 01-21-2015, 12:34 PM
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Coast Guard Firefighter by USCGFF Started by USCGFF, 01-20-2015, 06:46 AM	0 responses 634 views 0 likes	Last Post by USCGFF 01-20-2015, 06:46 AM
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Redirect: Apparatus application question by Disp2030 Started by Disp2030, 11-09-2014, 10:27 PM	—	—
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Ft.Belvoir,VA Fire Dept. by lebryan22 Started by lebryan22, 06-05-2011, 01:15 PM	3 responses 3,025 views 0 likes	Last Post by Jkonczal9 07-21-2014, 03:04 PM
Question about physical agility test while Active Duty by SPFD7 Started by SPFD7, 06-05-2014, 05:30 PM	1 response 1,210 views 0 likes	Last Post by FWDbuff 06-06-2014, 02:14 PM