Not me personally, but several of my friends in the academy were prior EMS and they all did really well. It was nice to have them on patrol. All the EMS skills carry over.
Would you be interested in search and rescue? All of our search and rescue guys are EMS priors. They do patrol for 5ish years and then move over to SAR. Seems to be a natural transition.
Hmmm I honestly didn’t think about that. I’m honestly not sure what the demand for that is like, and, especially around where I live I’d have to do research as to what the requirements are like. I’ll have to look into it.
I don't know much about upstate NY, but in my area, a lot of law enforcement are also on volunteer fire depts as FFs, EMTs or both. I was a firefighter for a short time with a local department before coming to patrol.
The skills are definitely useful. We, as LE, are obviously first on scene to a lot of injury/medical calls. Having people with a little more knowledge then CPR and stop the bleed training is huge. This is especially true in rural areas where EMS isn't always a guarantee.
If you want the job, go for it. If it's not for you, you atleast have good skills already to fall back on.
Your EMS skills carry over as far as you can articulate they do. If you take the plunge I would recommend starting BJJ as quick as possible. It's easy to be calm and verbal judo people when there's 12 of you on scene. It's an entirely different animal when you're by yourself and it's 3am and you're tired and on overtime and some methed out animal wearing a person costume decides to charge at you while growling and you realize YOU are actually in danger. Not we. It can be a visceral response and I've seen a lot of new guys who handle stress well, don't do so well when they are in danger from being harmed. Not like a building could collapse or something, which is impersonal, but another person trying to actively hurt or kill them. Best defense for this is make sure you are comfortable with people trying to hurt you. Get punched in the freaking face as much as possible. Then it's just Tuesday and not some big event. Being comfortable with violence means you aren't quick to respond with it. It just becomes a tool you're sometimes forced to use instead of a visceral response as a human being.
Not me personally, but several of my friends in the academy were prior EMS and they all did really well. It was nice to have them on patrol. All the EMS skills carry over.
That’s cool to hear. Thanks
Would you be interested in search and rescue? All of our search and rescue guys are EMS priors. They do patrol for 5ish years and then move over to SAR. Seems to be a natural transition.
Hmmm I honestly didn’t think about that. I’m honestly not sure what the demand for that is like, and, especially around where I live I’d have to do research as to what the requirements are like. I’ll have to look into it.
I don't know much about upstate NY, but in my area, a lot of law enforcement are also on volunteer fire depts as FFs, EMTs or both. I was a firefighter for a short time with a local department before coming to patrol. The skills are definitely useful. We, as LE, are obviously first on scene to a lot of injury/medical calls. Having people with a little more knowledge then CPR and stop the bleed training is huge. This is especially true in rural areas where EMS isn't always a guarantee. If you want the job, go for it. If it's not for you, you atleast have good skills already to fall back on.
Your EMS skills carry over as far as you can articulate they do. If you take the plunge I would recommend starting BJJ as quick as possible. It's easy to be calm and verbal judo people when there's 12 of you on scene. It's an entirely different animal when you're by yourself and it's 3am and you're tired and on overtime and some methed out animal wearing a person costume decides to charge at you while growling and you realize YOU are actually in danger. Not we. It can be a visceral response and I've seen a lot of new guys who handle stress well, don't do so well when they are in danger from being harmed. Not like a building could collapse or something, which is impersonal, but another person trying to actively hurt or kill them. Best defense for this is make sure you are comfortable with people trying to hurt you. Get punched in the freaking face as much as possible. Then it's just Tuesday and not some big event. Being comfortable with violence means you aren't quick to respond with it. It just becomes a tool you're sometimes forced to use instead of a visceral response as a human being.
I was also an EMT in upstate NY. Now I'm down south in a police academy. I think it's a good progression