Surrey Fire Department's 2015/2016 Hiring opens today and here is the link: http://www.surrey.ca/city-services/13001.aspx Applications will be accepted until 4:30 pm on December 4th, 2015 Applicants must read THROUGHLY through the manual as well: http://www.surrey.ca/files/FirefighterApplicationManualUpdatedNov2015.pdf Good luck Biggest change the First Responder license must be current till the end of 2016

Do you know what the current drugs that are out there? Firemedix is doing an interactive drug awareness lecture in which we talk about how to recognize what drugs some one is taking and how to save them if they overdose. Topics include: crystal meth, extacy, Fentanyl and other common drugs here in metro vancouver We will talk about trends and how all of the drugs are making it into the lower mainland #fentanyl #crystalmeth #extacy #drugawarenesslecturevancouver #drugawareness

Mass spinal with FR and EMR students #firemedix #EMRspinal #EMRtraining #firemedixemrtraining #Firstrespondertraining #FR #FR3 #FirstResponderSpinal #Spinalrolls #FirstResponderHardCollar #firefighterfirstresponder #eventfirstaid #EMAlicensingapprovedcourses #HamptonInn #howtobecomeafirefighter #EMRtrainingspinal #SportsFirstResponder

http://hookandirons.com/blogs/hook-and-irons/43887169-how-to-lose-a-good-firefighter-in-10-simple-steps Found this great article on what not to do: How To Lose Good Firefighters In 10 Simple Steps During my time as a firefighter, I have enjoyed the best and suffered the worst a firehouse has to offer. I have met some of my best friends and endured months with people I wouldn't trust out of my sight. With that in mind, I thought I would compile a list--an easy to follow guid

So Delta will be hiring in the new year and will be doing a large hire within 18-24 months to staff their new Boundary Bay Fire hall, do you have the requirements: Firefighter Qualifications Firefighter Qualifications Update - February 5, 2015 Effective immediately Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface (S215) is no longer a required qualification. View updated Firefighter Qualifications. Applicants must meet all of the following requirements to be considered for emp

So 2016 dates are up on the website and here they are: First Responder dates: January 15th night 16/17 day and January 22nd night 23/24 day February 12th night 13/14 day and February 19th night 20/21 March 11th night 13/14th day and March 18th night 19/20th day May 13th night 14/15th day and May 20th night 21/22nd day EMR dates: January 15th night 16/17 day and January 22nd night 23/24 day OR February 12th night 13/14 day and Februar

Ok I have had a few students lately come back from texas and have the frustation of waiting for their seals from Training Division and other online texas schools. To get your seals from Texas you must show you have completed a 40 hour first aid course. Here in BC the only course that is recognized in the province is a First Responder license issued from EMA licensing. This counts towards your seals and would highly recommend doing the course prior to go down as it takes time

Firemedix helped the 55 plus BC Summer games with their first aid coverage. It was a great experience for the guys and an amazing way to get patient contacts. Here is the thank you letter, we received from Shareen the coordinator: You must be a Saint cause you were the only one to hear my call and you sent me your best Angels! Words cannot express how thankful and grateful I am to have connected with you. I ended up with 50 people and majority of them were from you!! You s

Nanaimo Fire Department is Hiring Career firefighters and here is the link: Competition Closes November 9th 2015 http://www.nanaimo.ca/assets/Departments/Fire~Rescue/Recruitment/0_ff_recruitment_process_package.pdf The following is a list of the required Minimum Qualifications and additional Preferred Qualifications for applicants to be considered by the position of Firefighter with the Nanaimo Fire Rescue Department: Minimum Qualifications:  Legally entitled to work in Cana

Can a firefighter still do direct patient contact with an expired First Responder/Occupational Level 1,2,3 or First Responder Certificate? NO. Anyone working with a fire department is still permitted to act as a firefighter. If they do not hold a valid FR licence they are NOT permitted to do any patient contacts, but can still perform any regular duties. These individuals should not be practicing as first responders under any circumstance, here is what it states in the Emerge