2 days a month volly while I work full time for my county's ambulance company... If I want to work for my counties fire department anyway, how will I not be earning my spot? Either way I want to get my Medic and Fire standards.. Fire college is 4 months, they provide no time for you to work, so all of my bills will be paid out of pocket. If my ambulance company will pay for my medic that would be great, other wise I'll have to save for a year or two before I can go to medic school. Are you saying I should just save up all the money I need for a few years, then go to school full time, get my medic, get my fire standards, then try and get a job at the fire department?