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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on November 25, 2012 at 5:31pm

Depends on what the goal is and what a dept is looking for. Usually I say go with the education aspect, but in this case, I can agree with just obtaining fire certs as opposed to an AS degree. The certs are really the nitty gritty of the job and much of what is covered in a fire science associates (fire wise) is covered in the certs. The rest of a degree is the subsequent classes that you have already achieved with a Bachelor's degree.

 

From a dept standpoint, the only issue would be is if a dept requires an associates in fire science, but the majority don't. There are depts that do give extra points etc for those with a bachelor's degree. So I would go the certification route as opposed to another degree when a bachelors is more involved already. The only recommendation would be is to go for a paramedic cert if you don't already have one.

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