Is there a Military OCS equivalent for the Fire/EMS Service?

Answer 1

There is none, In the fire serice in the military there are no offiers in the fire department. The highest ranking are senior non-coms. But the fall into units that have officers like engineers (army) civil engineers (air force). I here talk of starting up a warrent officer program for the military FD.

Answer 2

The easiest to get into would be to become a Medic. In the military where ever you go what ever you do theres a medic there so there is a higher demand for that MOS.

Firefighter is another story. The jobs are harder to get and few and far between. If you are going Reserve you can just about forget it. I talked with a Marine recruiter yesterday. He said that you could get in on the delayed entry program and hope that by chance there was an opening within a year that you could sign for. Firefighting in most branches is fighting aircraft fires and crashes. The majority of your time is spent training and cleaning clean equipment. Some (not all) of your more tradional firefighting is taken care of by civilians on the military bases.

The advice I was given was to already be an EMT when you join and that will greatly help you become a firefighter in the military. As far as a medic though you can start from the ground up.

Answer 3

OCS is Officer Candidate School. I think you mean MOS, and yes the military does have the equivelant of a Fire/EMS service.

Answer 4

NO, but There is a MOS(Militay Occupation
Specialty) for the Fire/EMS Service.

Answer 5

Yes they do...Its MOS as said above...and Fire service isn't easy to get into though, so good luck.

Answer 6

yes i am in the Army and we have medics. that is sorta like EMS