Hello Diana. Just a little on the comment you made on the "Australian Firefighters' group (all nice coments welcome of course!).

Firefighter and Paramedic are two different things in Australia, we don't combine the two careers. Emergency ambulance care is a government (or government sponsored) service in each State, and emergency firefighting is State controlled also. To be a paramedic (in my state, Victoria) requires that you do a specific three year university course, plus clinical training. I think the other States would have a similar requirement. Career firefighting is a much sought-after job, there are always many more people applying for the recruit courses than there are positions available. The same as many other countries I think!

About the only way you could combine the two would be to become a paramedic while living in an area that has a volunteer Fire Brigade. There are paramedics who are volunteer firefighters, as there are police and career firefighters who volunteer.

I'm not trying to scare you off from coming, just trying to tell you how things work here. If living and working in Australia is your dream, by all means chase that dream! This is a lovely country and a great place to live. Not perfect, but then no country is perfect!

Hola Diana, gracias por tu saludo. Como has estado ?

Hola Diana me gustaria intercambiar información profesional y poder conocer un poco mas de los Bomberos de tu Tierra, aunque ya conosco algun camarada tuyo. Desde ya estas invitada a participar y agregarte al grupo Bomberos Voluntarios de Argentina http://www.firefighternation.com/group/tito2008 Un fuerte abrazo desde el Destacamento Nº1 Banfield de los Bomberos Voluntarios de Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires "Argentina", Chau!!