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Civilian Fire/EMS service in the Military
I've been thinking as of late that it would be interesting to do what the discussion title suggests. Mostly since I've got a friend in the military, and is gearing up for emanate deployment. So my question is this, does the U.S. military even do such a thing with us "civi's"?
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Permalink Reply by John E Badjar Sr on
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I don't know what your asking, but seeing it under careers it must be about jobs. So if I'm right yes they do use civi's. I worked for the Air Force for 24 years made it to LT, then moved to the Army been here for 2 yrs and no a capt. The air Force uses both military and cilivans, the army just cililivans. Hope this asnwers your question.
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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does the U.S. military even do such a thing with us "civi's"?
Yes, but it depends on what and where. Many military bases have civilians running the fire depts at the base. Such jobs tend to be a federal FF position. The same thing goes with VA hospital and homes. There are typically requirements which have to be met in regards to fire certs and education to apply.
On the other side of things is private companies that do fire protection overseas, like Ralph mentioned. You would find civilians doing FF at bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. We have a couple guys on the dept now that did this job for a year or so and worked in Iraq and even a guy worked in Antarctica. Work conditions weren't great from what they said. Shifts varied from every other day as duty to working so many hours a day etc. Money was good, but a big reason is there isn't much to do or spend it on in such places.
So in the end, it depends on what you are looking for.
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Permalink Reply by Sparky3317 on
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Wackenhut is one of the most popular private services I know of that uses civilians over seas as firefighters. When I was first looking into this myself a couple years ago you had to have all your national certifications including hazmat technician, firefighter 1 and 2, and EMT. Starting salary was 90,000 a year taxed for a year tour. You stay on the military base the hole time. Also if you signed on for a second year I believe if its still the same salary went to 100,000 tax free.
But like Ralph and John said you still have to deal with the dangers of the conflict and see alot of injuries and death.
Not to sure about working conditions never really knew anyone who did the tours but I do know bunker gear was something you had to supply yourself (unless they finally have the funds to supply it which I doubt)
Good luck to you if you go and stay safe
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