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In most large cites over 10,000 people they require their fire fighters to be EMT
The fire department.
EMT jobs are available at most hospitals if you apply. Also, you can try to contact your local fire department, or if you know any paramedics, then contact their bosses.
You can call LaGuardia Community College Paramedic (www.lagcc.cuny.org) 718-482-5768 or try calling the City of Bayonne Fire Department. They have EMT's on staff and they could recommend where you could get certified as an EMT.
This completely depends on the Fire Department. A lot of Fire Departments in the United States require that their firefighters are EMT-Paramedics. While some only require First Responder training. Some Fire Departments also have ambulances staffed by EMTs and Paramedics that can transport patients to the hospital.
The Malcolm X College is located in Chicago, IL and carries it's own EMT training as well as EMT-B refresher training. The refresher training is 24 hours long.
An EMT (emergency medical technician) can work anywhere. You see them mostly working with paramedics on an ambulance but they can also be with a firedepartment. I have some EMT friends who work at factories. They are part of the special response teams. I am an EMT at the first responder level.
There really is not a fire fighter school. Depending on what state you live in you will have to be a certified EMT. The cost of that is around a thousand dollars depending on where you live. If you want to be a fire fighter then you should talk to local fire stations and find out what you need to do to get on at the department.
check with your state's department of health
http://www.trainingdivision.com offers the most common EMT training, but an EMT license is based on state law and most states do not recognize an online certification, and the states that do recognize the certification will generally still make you take a series of expensive tests. If possible take an EMT course through your local/state fire department, and you can be assured that your certification will be valid and accepted.
The range can be from 9 dollars a hour up to 15 per hour if you can get into a city fire department working only EMS calls
An EMT is an Emergency Medical Technician who is a worker in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS).