Question on Continuation Training

[LoneRider]

I am doing what in the US Army we call backwards planning to figure out my education and training to hopefully become a paramedic (My initial information request is here). I have planned to go to EMT-B and following that EMT-P before my FF1 and FF2 to practice in the state of Florida while serving in the reserve component of the US Army (National Guard). Given the fact that my home state is largely either 3rd party EMS or Fire Department based the logical thing to do was to attain my FF1 and FF2 for hiring purposes.

Summaries aside my question is what sort of continuation training or recertification is typically required of an EMT-P after one is hired by either a fire department or third party service? I understand I'm asking something in the neighborhood of the 300m target versus focusing on the 25m target (becoming an EMT-P), but I figured that I'd ask.

[hatelilpeepees]

You could go either direction. Paramedic makes you more likely to be hired as a firefighter, as there are 400 applicants for every position in most departments. On the other hand, if you can get hired at a large Fire Dept as a FF1 (might have to volunteer or work smaller dept first), the Fire Department may have an in-house medic program or pay you to go to medic school. Which career is your true passion ?