Paramedic firefighter known as fire medics are firefighters with an emergency medical technician-paramedic license.
Firefighters get training in many different areas in order to perform their jobs functions properly. They are usually required to obtain an EMT or paramedic certification.
I haven't heard of a critical care paramedic but I have heard of a critical care ambulance. Those ambulances are equipped with ventilators and IV drip machines (its actual name escape me)
I would say about 80,000 year. If they are a paramedic with all of the O.T. it can be $150,000.
A paramedic have a higher training and certification. They are also trained in CPR/AED, where someone certified in just Red Cross First Aid is not.
$69,000 a year, I am a firefighter myself and work in Florida. I'm a firefighter paramedic EMT, I earn 102,000 a year and I am 34.
Cops earn more than Firefighters. Most firefighters have to take a few years to do hands on training. So, while they may work at the station, they aren't on a payrool. A cop does all their trainig first, so they already start on a payroll their first day.
Firefighters usually make slightly more however the trend is leaning toward more firefighters becoming EMTs or they have paramedics on board at all times. So you can go through many programs that include EMT training. They make the most. The combo fire/EMT.
It's a challenging job with a lot of variety in the cases and situations that arise. Paramedics often make the difference between life and death for victims of accidents, heart attacks or strokes.
A Fire Department is a department within a municipal government. A fire company is independent and usually comprised of volunteers, possibly augmented by a few paid firefighters. - Rett
There is no standard collective noun for firefighters, in which case a noun that suits the situation can be used; for example a crew of firefighters, a squadron of firefighters, a team of firefighters, etc.
The possessive form for the plural noun firefighters is firefighters'.
A paramedic certification is a certification that allows you to become a paramedic.