how can i prepare for a community college fire academy?

Answer 1

1.) Get in shape. Don't just do exercises that build your muscles. Focus on endurence training.

2.) Read technical materials. The kind of reading you do for a fire academy will be very different than what you did in an academic program. For instance, you won't read "short stories." Everything you read will be info-loaded with things that might one day save your life. Try reading passages from Popular Science, for instance, and then quizzing yourself on what you just read.

3.) Any writing you do will be different, too. Again, you will be writing to convey information, not to express an opinion.

4.) Finally, do whatever you can to build your memory. You will be learning tons and tons of information and will be required to spit it all back on standardized tests.

Hope this helps! Good luck.

P.S. My cousin did the firefighting academy at our local Junior college and he loved it. Although he did not enjoy most of his "Academic" courses, he really enjoyed the EMT and then Firefighting courses because they had real application to the career he wanted to pursue. He now is a full-time firefighter with the California Department of Forrestry. And loves it!

Answer 2

a school degree isn't required for both of those professions, although in some states you're paid slightly extra once you've one. verify along with your state to work out what's needed. you isn't a paramedic or firefighter "on the facet". those are complete time careers that require an excellent style of dedication. that's exertions to grow to be both one.