Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked

Re:Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked by chaostheory on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:28PM (#49948394)

Going on a slight tangent, I wanted to do the same thing but with firefighting instead. One thing I've found is that a good portion of your time is supposedly spent doing fundraisers

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Re:Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked by dreamcompiler on Saturday October 03, 2026 @09:05PM (#49949543)

Most firefighters need to also be trained as EMTs because most calls are medical. The reverse is not true.

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Re:Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked by citelao on Saturday October 03, 2026 @09:54PM (#49949826)

OP: +1. If you want to do fire, you should be aware most calls are medical.

Even though where I live a lot of firefighters are just EMRs... the fire services are a lot more willing to take you if you already have your EMT (since you're not gonna abuse the program to get free EMT training).

EMT really is the fastest way to become any first responder.

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Re:Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked by BenjiWiebe on Sunday October 04, 2026 @01:27PM (#49955904)

If you're in a small enough rural enough volunteer fire department, fundraisers are fairly rare. And also no medical training needed (or even firefighter training for that matter!)

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