Be a Civillian Firefighter/Paramedic and an Air Force Reserves Pararescue Jumper?
I'm graduating high school in June and I wanted to do a few things: I want to go to my local community college for a Fire Science Associates Degree (I've been a volunteer Fireman for three years.) After that, I'd like to get my Paramedicine degree (I'm working towards my EMT-B right now through a vocational high school) Eventually, I'd like to wind up working at a Fire Dept. as a full-time Firefighter/Paramedic while serving in the USAF Reserves as either a Pararescue Jumper or a CRO. This leads me to my question: Should I get my paramedicine training through the college or the Air Force? Will I be obliged to serve active duty before serving in the reserves? Can I be a CRO with paramedicine training? Will a Fire Dept. recognize a paramedic license through the AF? Does a PJ receive more emergency care training than a paramedic? Sorry to ask so much; thanks in advance!
How to become a Firefighter in the Air Force?
The USAF will not guarantee a job. Period. If you decide to tell your recruiter "firefighter or nothing" then you will be nothing. This is how jobs work in the active duty USAF: First you qualify for the job on the ASVAB. Then you have two options: 1) Pick ten jobs from a list of available jobs. You can't pick a job that has no openings. You will not be guaranteed a specific job, but you will get one of those ten. Most folks get one of their top 3. 2) Go in on an Open Contract in a career field. You pick a career field and you are guaranteed a job within that field but not a specific job. For example, if you go in Open Medical you could be a med tech, dental tech, or surgical tech -- but you won't be security or services. Those are your two options for active duty. If you decide to "hold out" for a specific job, that job simply goes to someone who is already in the training pipeline ahead of you. The USAF will not guarantee a specific job at all. The Guard and Reserve will guarantee a job, but again you have to qualify on the ASVAB and there have to openings at a Guard or Reserve base near you. On active duty, there is no way to guarantee a job at all. The best you can do is do very well on the ASVAB and put it on your pick-ten. Best wishes. . .
Can you still become a firefighter while in the Air Force Reserve?
PS: About the degree thing... it's not necessary to have a degree to work as a career firefighter in a big city. Certainly helps with getting a job though.
Taking the ASVAb to be a Firefighter in the Air Force Reserve?
1. a 26 wont get you into any branch. Not even the army or marines. 2. You cannot be a firefighter in the Air Force reserve as it is an active duty job. 3. Being a firefighter is hard to get into in the Airforce, an ASVAB is not the only thing that is require. Firefighters in the military tend to already have been civilian firefighters. Your best bet if you want to be a firefighter is to do some research on the nearest collegiate fire program. For me it is at Mesa Community College, so I would look around at you community colleges first. 4. If the Air Force does offer a full training program on being a firefighter it is probably in a pipeline system, meaning you will be going from school to school to get different certifications. You should also be looking at around a 75 ASVAB to get a this job Look up how to be an air force firefighter on google and see where it gets you talk to your nearest recruiter, and dont let him lie to you. Do your research and back up what he says. The air force works in a system where you swear in and then you get your specialty job if you qualify for it. IDK if a firefighter is a specialy job or not, but I know to be Air Force Pararescue, TACP, CCT, Combat Weather, and Security Forces you have to enlist first. Firefighter may or may not be the same so do your research.
Does the Marine's offer a Reserve firefighter position?
If you want to be a firefighter and are joining military to do that.. They are right, go Air Force.. many more firefighter positions there. Yes, Marine's do have some firefighters, most are strictly airfield with civilians making up the rest, however the marines and navy have cut down their military firefighters numbers a great deal.
Navy Reserve, Fire Fighter?
Firefighting attracts many people because a high school education was usually sufficient, however a person with a two-year Fire Science Degree is often a large advantage. A person may also need to pass a civil service examination to get a job in this field, as well as a comprehensive physical exam.