@@brandoncaldwell95What funny is everyone always thinks that a bad thing. I run a suburb dept outside a big metro. I can’t pay what the big guy pay and we don’t have the call volume. Give me a motivated young guy / girl who wants to advance and give me 2 to 3 years of passion for the job and believe me I will do everything I can to help them get that next level job. Just from a management standpoint, bringing in new blood can upset the balance that when leveraged properly can build more resilient departments and you can hire based upon the current changing needs that can effect change with others. And hell, if your that good for the city, then if we couldnt make you stay, its that much for justification for adjustments to payrate, benifits, working conditions etc.
@@chrisj9008 I can agree with you on that, however I do have experience otherwise. I had a job as a roof truss designer and was canned because of being new blood running circles around the senior staff. They banded together and had me terminated for sleeping on the job. Granted, i did fall asleep once and admitted to it. No harm came of it as it was during training and nothing was missed. That second time was a complete lie. They actually held work from me to which an entire 8hr shift sitting, waiting, and staring at a leaking soaked roof tile waiting to land on me. Surprisingly, it didn't and I had a personal meeting with the guy who hired me next day. Still rings in my head his comments of "we only hired you because you scored perfectly on the testing, but you are too immature". I won't bash the company, but i will say I'm happy to be away from those people. As for my emergency services job, that I can't get into too much as it will become a lawsuite here soon. I was actually terminated there over basically nothing. Held against a double standard and a department who wouldn't follow its own policies and procedures let alone train properly preventing a sort of mid level event that happened at the beginning of my employment. In my state, don't know of others, the employment at any department requires a form be submitted to the state for Honorable, General, or Dishonorable Discharge from the Department. Lets just say I have a sour taste to any emergency services position and see the political, money catering, controlling, and manipulative side. I certainly won't be working in another agency or request their assistance, other than Fire and EMS (if they decide to show up to the call in a timely manner or at all).
My friend was interviewing for his first EMT job with a big ambulance company in San Francisco. While he was sitting there he found a company pamphlet in the seat of the couch he was sitting on. So he briefly glanced at it. Well in the interview they asked what he knew about this company, and he started quoting facts from the Pamphlet. The company was impressed he did his research and he got the job. This guy ended his career as the Chief of a big city fire department.
I recall a story my father told about something as strange as this, it was early 2000s and they asked how he would deal with a situation between a person of Middle Eastern descent and a fireman that had been a veteran of Desert Storm. His response was “Wait is he Iraqi or Kuwaiti? Because if he’s Kuwaiti then they were on the same side.” This did not satisfy the people asking the questions.
that's a great answer and i say that as someone of lebanese descent that grew up after 9/11 my dad had to deal with a lot of that shit after both gulf wars working as a salesman and it almost cost him his life
I wonder what the point of the question was. 🤔 Forget it. I’m sure it had something to do with the value of one life over another. The true root of all evil. 🙄
I had a buddy from construction who had a true story about his dad on 9/11. The guy is Libyan and looks Arab enough to spontaneously generate kabobs from thin air. So it’s 9/11 the day of it on 2001, and like 10 AM so not everyone has gotten the news yet because this is before everyone had phones on them. So he walks into a gun store in Arlington Virginia just at most a 20 minute drive from the Pentagon and asks for an AK. Yes he’s doing the paperwork what are the employees comes out from the back looking shot sees him pulls a gun and tell him to get on the ground. You have to wait there for over an hour on the ground at gunpoint at all the police show up and finally resolve the situation as just a guy wanting to buy a gun as is his right.
"No disrespect sir, but BCs never leave the confines of their air conditioned rigs, the Fire Chief never leaves city hall, and I will be a captain at a beach city department in the county that pays twice as much for less work. As to the guy that steals, should you have not caught that when you interviewed him?" Life in the big city FD.
While as a DC I would love to correct all of that, Nope... That insight and utter brilliance is just the type of dynamic individual who will speak their mind that I want. Believe me I can keep you in line when I need to, and I won’t need to because you will be empowered enjoy the job, and get things done. If your all talk, well it will be a short relationship… I can admit when I am wrong and correct that mistake. Something tells me I might not be. I hate the interviews with the scripted answered from the local college instructors. Many are great experienced tradesmen but never managed in the new realities of the fire service dealing with well-educated city managers who are young and operating off a complexly different playbook then the old ones just a few years ago. I can assure you most days, the city manager is every bit involved in my agency as I am, and in my case, that is a great thing!. I don’t give $0,02 about how much fire knowledge you have. I want to know how your going to fit in and function the rest of the 95% of the time and how else I can leverage you. We can teach the technical side.i just need passion and drive from someone.
What I love about being a firefighter in a small town is all the chiefs around here are at the station and work shifts. Most of them work 8-5 and then if we get calls during the night drive a vehicle there to assist. I've seen every white helmet around me take a nozzle from someone and go to work.
@@Khan11M20 they were alright during my internship. I did 18 hours since we students couldn't do 24 otherwise we'd pass out or something. Definitely rough calls though in Avondale but those were great experiences to have.
I love watching your movies. The funniest thing is that I am a firefighter in Poland, many thousands miles away from you and everything you publish also applies to us 😂
In my first ever IT job interview I was asked "where I see myself in 5 years". I decided to be honest and replied "probably working in the US at Google or Microsoft". My interviewer was shocked and told me that despite me being the highest skilled applicant they needed loyal workers so they said no to me. I never was honest in interviews after that.
Well, it depends. That question specifically is regarding the retainment of the candidate, so you should be talking about something planned in 5 years that is in alignment with the company. I've done many interviews myself and I can relate how I can be penalized for being honest but there has been times where it has paid dividend as well.
Ouch... Companies have no loyalty to their employees, surprised they were expecting loyalty back. I use the answer, "I am not a seer to know what I am doing in the future. I can just do the best that I can, and roll with the changes as they come."
I`m disgust by lying but job interview is that one thing where you need to lie if you wanna get the job. Being too honest with those poeple never works, they know exactly what they wanna hear.
Reminds me of "ethics questions" in Police interviews. They ask you a series of "ethical dilemmas" that aren't actually dilemmas. "Your partner encourages you to sign 5 hours of overtime on your timesheet even though you only worked 3, what do you do?" or "a fleeing suspect throws a backpack on the ground before getting away. It is full of hundred dollar bills and nobody is around, what do you do?" obviously the answer is don't forge your time sheets, and if a suspect ever literally just throws half a million dollars at you and runs away it's probably IA doing an integrity check because no other human being alive is ever going to willingly just throw half a million dollars at you.
Yeah, I tend to be goal oriented, and I'm a Christian. I won't be signing for more time than I worked, and that bag will just have to picked up later, this asshat made me run and I'm now very unhappy.
@@engmed4400 The 'christian' bit seems kind of... unwarranted. It has nothing to do with the person you are. You can be an honest agnostic, and we both know very dishonest religious folk exist.
@@Kyzrath you make an interesting point. While your statement about the honest agnostic is technically true, and I wouldn't dare argue against the idea of dishonest "religious" folk as there is ample evidence they exist, the main issue for you is where morality comes from. I mention my faith because I recognize and adhere to an external, objective moral standard, one that I would describe as being perfect, strict, and distinct from all others. There's also a bit of a distinction between many of the moral codes found in many of the world's religions, and those are distinctions that cannot ever be ignored. Some are permissive of things that others declare outright immoral, while still others can and will permit certain acts they plainly declare immoral acts under certain circumstances. As for the idea that my faith has nothing to do with who I am, I must disagree. Absent the Gospel, the blood of Jesus, and the work of the Holy Spirit within me, I wouldn't be who I am today. The me who existed before my conversion probably wouldn't have given the same answer. It's likely I would have reasoned away doing the right thing and gone down a different road. I hope this gives you something to consider.
@@engmed4400 I really don’t like your insinuation that only Christians can be good people, or that they have exclusive access to some transcendental objective moral code. If you’re getting your morality from the Bible, I would be rather concerned, as the ethics laid out in the Bible are, to put it mildly, flawed. And morality doesn’t always have a clear cut answer about what is right or wrong. For example, I heard of a story during World War Two where a young man in France was torn on what he should do. On the one hand he wanted to go to England in order to fight against the Germans. On the other hand he was the only family his elderly mother had left, and going to England would require him to stop taking care of her and abandon her. What’s the right thing to do in this situation? Different people will have different answers, demonstrating that morality isn’t always cut and dry, and pretending like you definitely know what’s right and wrong in any given situation is both arrogant and problematic.
Considering all of the things firefighters and EMS have to deal with and see, I think the answer to "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" is 'therapy'
It’s not that bad dude. Just have good friends, family and realise we all die at some point. Some days are worse than others but alcohol helps! Good luck!
This is absolutely hilarious, I, no joke, just interviewed for a promotion at my fire department today. This is exactly how I felt in my interview pretty sure I had that same look on my face
I must disagree, my friend was the Chief of a big city fire department and once in a while he would take off his bugles and ride on an EMT Rig. He would not just observe but he did paramedic stuff. He also saw a lot of problems he needed to fix. That earned him so much respect from his men.
EMS interviewer: Can you work overnights and weekends? Will you accept built in overtime on your schedule? Yes? Welcome aboard, the uniform shop is that way. 😎
It's been experimentally determined that *no one* likes the "where do you see yourself in five years" question. Absolutely no one. It might be the single worst interview question.
Interviewer: where do you see yourself in five years? Peter: (dont say doing your wife, dont say doing your wife, dont say doing your wife) Doing your....son.. Interviewer: ................
I see myself busting down fires and doing the best I can in 5 years. Now if the questions was what will you do? The answer that I was tought was you politly say that you have been already been given a command by who ever told you the first thing and that it's up to them if you can be switched to a new task. This is so your position doesnt get lost. I would rather be in trouble for telling the chief to talk to the first person then get in trouble for not being where I should be as that could lead to someone else getting injured or you getting injured.
Where I’m at and how my whole area works is that we only get orders from our lieutenant of our rig. He can get orders from deputy chief or battalion chief or IC, to which he’ll then give us our assignment. Prevents a lot of confusion on our parts, especially in a situation similar to the video haha
I'm still in training so I dont know exactly how the orders work in my area. But that is how my FRO and confined space awareness teacher explained it. I am hoping to hit the academy next year. Currently about to start EMT course.
@@brettappleby9311 I am currently in school In Apple Valley CA. I am wanting to work for Cal Fire but want to do municipal as well. I got interested when I was about 12 and my mom was going through the volunteer program.
Michael Janes that’s awesome, I’m still not sure if I want to pursue wild land or municipal yet but I’m leaning towards structural firefighting. Gonna start fire science at Palomar community college next semester. Good luck on you’re career and thank you for the info
Shoot them in the leg, treat for GSW. Solves everything. Alternatively you can go for the combat medic approach. Ibuprofen, water, change your socks you filthy animal
ive just been hired at my local EMT department and my local fire department!!! I nailed my hands on BLS course this morning cause ive been practicing on my pillow like a maniac and now they are paying for me to get my education. I'm so happy. I love your channel its been a great source of inspiration for me. Thank you!
That's always my answer when they ask this BS question: "On your chair." (Unless it's an HR/recruiting agent, not an actual officer - then I go for the more romantic: "At station 31, coffee in hand, keeping a watchful eye over my company.") [Edit: Don't forget the smile! You need to smile to pull this off!!!]
I recently partook in a interview with a FD. It was definitely one of the quicker interviews I've ever had. 5 people, 1 question each starting with what advice would you give to future prospects and ending with how would you tell a mother her child was deceased while she was also burned and on scene.
To the 2nd half. "we've got your son/daughter. Let's get you to the hospital fast.". They'll relax a little. It's not a lie though. Horrible situation, but does happen.
Easy, pick one of the tasks where you run into the building requiring one of the aforementioned officers to delegate their tasks to someone else on the fireground. Sort out the rest in the report.
Wish I found your videos a few years ago...... when I was still young enough to become a firefighter in my city. I had thought about it off and on before and am trying to change careers and get into healthcare and have been re-evaluating things and becoming a firefighter has been looking more and more appealing regardless of the downsides. sucks being too old now but I really appreciate your videos
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" "Hopefully somewhere with a better chain of commands where people don't give me contradictory commands every 5 seconds"
Ha! I got asked the scenario about contradicting orders on the fire ground AND the one about a fellow firefighter stealing in front of me. That was two decades ago - they haven’t updated the playbook since then?
Chill Glib • 19 years ago I think it went well, my volley chief got some inside info saying they should call me next week so my fingers are crossed. 😬😬
Nailed it... I was once asked "You've been tasked with handing over the possessions of a colleague who was killed on duty, to his family. Whilst going through his locker you find a mobile phone and several love letters which suggest he was having an affair prior to his death. What would you do?"
Bro this shit. I just had a 4 person panel interview the other day. Probably the most relaxed interview ive been in too. But i couldnt stop shaking i was so nervous. The department is one ive wanted to get on for a while now.
Ya I can relate 3 years ago when I interviewed. 1dc and a platoon chief ran a scenario by me about a mvc with a car and a tanker full of gasoline rolling over 2 patients needing extricated and what I would do.man did I feel like a deer in the headlights. The crazy part was my assigned station had that call a short time before I interviewed and a couple guys got pretty rattled they were up to their knees in the ditch in gasoline .
Oh shit is this actually what it feels like? 😬. Could you do a video of good training workouts for the physical agility test please? Love you videos, thanks!!
I did a mock interview at a fire house and the captain was doing the I interveiw and asked what do you expect from our fire house and I said for everyone not to be as$ holes and he started laughing
I’m far removed now from my EMS days, but I still tell young bucks the time I interviewed to be a volunteer firefighter as the most intimidating interviewing process I had ever gone through.
Lmao just had my interview with the fire department at the time I had the interview someone crashed into town hall, my interview took place at the scene of the crash loved it lol
I didn’t even get a interview for my part time EMT job, I had volunteered as basically a driver for 6 months and when I sent a email asking for information on open spots I got one back telling me as of the coming weekend I’d be working as a EMT so uh yeah
@@shyowl3453 Can't say I'm surprised. Given what we do, and how much (or rather, how little) we get paid to do it, it takes a special breed to want to be in this field at all! So we really can't be surprised lots of places are "pulse and a patch". May there soon be a day when people are paid according to an objective value of the worth of their jobs. Let Hollywood celebrities and pro-league sports stars flip burgers to make ends meet, while teachers and first responders are able to enjoy their time off from literally making a difference in peoples' lives. "But celebs and sports stars have short careers, so they need to make more to cover them later." Tell that to the fallen/injured firemen whose families are struggling after the loss of that income.
Perfect timing….I just applied for an officer position…. No matter how hard I study for the interview I guarantee there will be a ‘left field’ question. 🤣🤣👍
"That is a fantastic question, sir. The answer to which, based off the information provided, would either be dead, fired, in a glorious youtube news clip, or in jail. Dependent on if this pattern of Chief Has Arrived On Scene is standard operating proceedure for this department."
"Sir, in 5 years I see myself having an answer to this hypothetical situation."
Best answer
😂
Good one. Everyone laughs. You’re hired.
I may hav to use this...thanx for the chuckle
Well you can dream big I have to give you that
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"At another department."
That was my answer. Also i was hired, but now job hunting after 2 years. So, i wasnt wrong in the end! 🤣
@@brandoncaldwell95What funny is everyone always thinks that a bad thing. I run a suburb dept outside a big metro. I can’t pay what the big guy pay and we don’t have the call volume. Give me a motivated young guy / girl who wants to advance and give me 2 to 3 years of passion for the job and believe me I will do everything I can to help them get that next level job. Just from a management standpoint, bringing in new blood can upset the balance that when leveraged properly can build more resilient departments and you can hire based upon the current changing needs that can effect change with others.
And hell, if your that good for the city, then if we couldnt make you stay, its that much for justification for adjustments to payrate, benifits, working conditions etc.
@@chrisj9008 Could not agree more. On one new hire, I told the panel that I would rather have 4 years of this man than 30 of a less motivated FF.
Not bad.... I like this answer
@@chrisj9008 I can agree with you on that, however I do have experience otherwise. I had a job as a roof truss designer and was canned because of being new blood running circles around the senior staff. They banded together and had me terminated for sleeping on the job. Granted, i did fall asleep once and admitted to it. No harm came of it as it was during training and nothing was missed. That second time was a complete lie. They actually held work from me to which an entire 8hr shift sitting, waiting, and staring at a leaking soaked roof tile waiting to land on me. Surprisingly, it didn't and I had a personal meeting with the guy who hired me next day. Still rings in my head his comments of "we only hired you because you scored perfectly on the testing, but you are too immature". I won't bash the company, but i will say I'm happy to be away from those people. As for my emergency services job, that I can't get into too much as it will become a lawsuite here soon. I was actually terminated there over basically nothing. Held against a double standard and a department who wouldn't follow its own policies and procedures let alone train properly preventing a sort of mid level event that happened at the beginning of my employment. In my state, don't know of others, the employment at any department requires a form be submitted to the state for Honorable, General, or Dishonorable Discharge from the Department. Lets just say I have a sour taste to any emergency services position and see the political, money catering, controlling, and manipulative side. I certainly won't be working in another agency or request their assistance, other than Fire and EMS (if they decide to show up to the call in a timely manner or at all).
My friend was interviewing for his first EMT job with a big ambulance company in San Francisco. While he was sitting there he found a company pamphlet in the seat of the couch he was sitting on. So he briefly glanced at it. Well in the interview they asked what he knew about this company, and he started quoting facts from the Pamphlet. The company was impressed he did his research and he got the job. This guy ended his career as the Chief of a big city fire department.
Doing your research before an interview is so important. Always throw out knowledge even if not asked!
Ok john
@@haventthoughtofanameyet6364 Your comment is useless
@@mikalerow2188 Your comment is ironic
@@coop6687 your comment is snarky
Don't say "doing your wife." Don't say "doing your wife....."
Doing your....son
Hero!
😂😂😂
Dammit, I heard it in his voice
Awesome 👍 answer 🤣🤣
I recall a story my father told about something as strange as this, it was early 2000s and they asked how he would deal with a situation between a person of Middle Eastern descent and a fireman that had been a veteran of Desert Storm. His response was “Wait is he Iraqi or Kuwaiti? Because if he’s Kuwaiti then they were on the same side.”
This did not satisfy the people asking the questions.
WHAT?! That sounds like a wonderful answer!
that's a great answer and i say that as someone of lebanese descent that grew up after 9/11
my dad had to deal with a lot of that shit after both gulf wars working as a salesman and it almost cost him his life
I wonder what the point of the question was. 🤔
Forget it. I’m sure it had something to do with the value of one life over another. The true root of all evil. 🙄
They weren't expecting him to have a nuanced answer lol😆
I had a buddy from construction who had a true story about his dad on 9/11. The guy is Libyan and looks Arab enough to spontaneously generate kabobs from thin air.
So it’s 9/11 the day of it on 2001, and like 10 AM so not everyone has gotten the news yet because this is before everyone had phones on them. So he walks into a gun store in Arlington Virginia just at most a 20 minute drive from the Pentagon and asks for an AK. Yes he’s doing the paperwork what are the employees comes out from the back looking shot sees him pulls a gun and tell him to get on the ground. You have to wait there for over an hour on the ground at gunpoint at all the police show up and finally resolve the situation as just a guy wanting to buy a gun as is his right.
"No disrespect sir, but BCs never leave the confines of their air conditioned rigs, the Fire Chief never leaves city hall, and I will be a captain at a beach city department in the county that pays twice as much for less work. As to the guy that steals, should you have not caught that when you interviewed him?"
Life in the big city FD.
While as a DC I would love to correct all of that, Nope... That insight and utter brilliance is just the type of dynamic individual who will speak their mind that I want. Believe me I can keep you in line when I need to, and I won’t need to because you will be empowered enjoy the job, and get things done. If your all talk, well it will be a short relationship… I can admit when I am wrong and correct that mistake. Something tells me I might not be.
I hate the interviews with the scripted answered from the local college instructors. Many are great experienced tradesmen but never managed in the new realities of the fire service dealing with well-educated city managers who are young and operating off a complexly different playbook then the old ones just a few years ago. I can assure you most days, the city manager is every bit involved in my agency as I am, and in my case, that is a great thing!.
I don’t give $0,02 about how much fire knowledge you have. I want to know how your going to fit in and function the rest of the 95% of the time and how else I can leverage you. We can teach the technical side.i just need passion and drive from someone.
nice tim dillon
What I love about being a firefighter in a small town is all the chiefs around here are at the station and work shifts. Most of them work 8-5 and then if we get calls during the night drive a vehicle there to assist. I've seen every white helmet around me take a nozzle from someone and go to work.
@@brendanlopes3038 thats because we are still trying to pretend we can keep up and we are trying to convince ourselves we are still young!!!
@@chrisj9008 shit I have trouble keeping up with my chief and I'm 18 and the 3 main chiefs around here will outwork anyone.
EMS interview: Do you have a patch? Do you have a pulse?
Here’s your narcs, truck is right over there, and we’ve got calls holding.
That’s AMR in a nutshell
Judging by some of my colleagues, the pulse is optional...
@@QemeH LMAO
Okay then... so stay away from AMR.
@@Khan11M20 they were alright during my internship. I did 18 hours since we students couldn't do 24 otherwise we'd pass out or something. Definitely rough calls though in Avondale but those were great experiences to have.
You are why I want to be a firefighter
That’s your driving factor? You just wait for confined space and hell day.
No one told me about hell day 😳 jk I can't wait to be done with medicb school so I can start fire training
Kangadrew confined space? Where you’re in a controlled environment and not in any real danger? The only danger is your mind during confined space.
4244john you get it.
The mind is your biggest struggle. Overcome that; and you’re good
not for the pay?
That so sounds like an NREMT question.
If he had added a part about a wheel falling off your canoe in the middle of the interstate it probably would have been an nremt question
Definitely a registry question
It only needs four "technically" correct multiple choice answers with the requirement that you figure out which is the "most" correct answer.
Thanks for the flashbacks
@@engmed4400 literally NREMT😂
I love watching your movies. The funniest thing is that I am a firefighter in Poland, many thousands miles away from you and everything you publish also applies to us 😂
I was in south Korea last year and did a ride along there. It's amazing how ff is the same everywhere!
#truth!!!
Every shift has different rules but FDs all over the world work the same :)
In my first ever IT job interview I was asked "where I see myself in 5 years". I decided to be honest and replied "probably working in the US at Google or Microsoft". My interviewer was shocked and told me that despite me being the highest skilled applicant they needed loyal workers so they said no to me.
I never was honest in interviews after that.
Well, it depends. That question specifically is regarding the retainment of the candidate, so you should be talking about something planned in 5 years that is in alignment with the company. I've done many interviews myself and I can relate how I can be penalized for being honest but there has been times where it has paid dividend as well.
Ouch... Companies have no loyalty to their employees, surprised they were expecting loyalty back.
I use the answer, "I am not a seer to know what I am doing in the future. I can just do the best that I can, and roll with the changes as they come."
@@wolphin732 First part of your statement, very true. The days of the golden watch is over.
That's a great response. I'm going to use that.
I`m disgust by lying but job interview is that one thing where you need to lie if you wanna get the job.
Being too honest with those poeple never works, they know exactly what they wanna hear.
As a manager at a tech company, I'd hire you ten times for that honesty.
Got it, don't let Jason do interviews!
OR let Jason do ALLthe interviews. Only the strongest will succeed.
Lol dude nobody is going to want to be a FF now. Lol
That's a standard thursday afternoon... you have to be ready.
I cant wait to be interviewed now 😂
Reminds me of "ethics questions" in Police interviews. They ask you a series of "ethical dilemmas" that aren't actually dilemmas.
"Your partner encourages you to sign 5 hours of overtime on your timesheet even though you only worked 3, what do you do?" or "a fleeing suspect throws a backpack on the ground before getting away. It is full of hundred dollar bills and nobody is around, what do you do?"
obviously the answer is don't forge your time sheets, and if a suspect ever literally just throws half a million dollars at you and runs away it's probably IA doing an integrity check because no other human being alive is ever going to willingly just throw half a million dollars at you.
Yeah, I tend to be goal oriented, and I'm a Christian. I won't be signing for more time than I worked, and that bag will just have to picked up later, this asshat made me run and I'm now very unhappy.
@@engmed4400 The 'christian' bit seems kind of... unwarranted. It has nothing to do with the person you are. You can be an honest agnostic, and we both know very dishonest religious folk exist.
@@Kyzrath you make an interesting point. While your statement about the honest agnostic is technically true, and I wouldn't dare argue against the idea of dishonest "religious" folk as there is ample evidence they exist, the main issue for you is where morality comes from. I mention my faith because I recognize and adhere to an external, objective moral standard, one that I would describe as being perfect, strict, and distinct from all others.
There's also a bit of a distinction between many of the moral codes found in many of the world's religions, and those are distinctions that cannot ever be ignored. Some are permissive of things that others declare outright immoral, while still others can and will permit certain acts they plainly declare immoral acts under certain circumstances.
As for the idea that my faith has nothing to do with who I am, I must disagree. Absent the Gospel, the blood of Jesus, and the work of the Holy Spirit within me, I wouldn't be who I am today. The me who existed before my conversion probably wouldn't have given the same answer. It's likely I would have reasoned away doing the right thing and gone down a different road. I hope this gives you something to consider.
@@engmed4400 I really don’t like your insinuation that only Christians can be good people, or that they have exclusive access to some transcendental objective moral code. If you’re getting your morality from the Bible, I would be rather concerned, as the ethics laid out in the Bible are, to put it mildly, flawed.
And morality doesn’t always have a clear cut answer about what is right or wrong. For example, I heard of a story during World War Two where a young man in France was torn on what he should do. On the one hand he wanted to go to England in order to fight against the Germans. On the other hand he was the only family his elderly mother had left, and going to England would require him to stop taking care of her and abandon her. What’s the right thing to do in this situation? Different people will have different answers, demonstrating that morality isn’t always cut and dry, and pretending like you definitely know what’s right and wrong in any given situation is both arrogant and problematic.
Those are like the "Are you a terrorist?" question...
Considering all of the things firefighters and EMS have to deal with and see, I think the answer to "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" is 'therapy'
It’s not that bad dude. Just have good friends, family and realise we all die at some point. Some days are worse than others but alcohol helps!
Good luck!
When I told my teacher I wanted to be a firefighter this is kind of what he did to me
Lmao
This is absolutely hilarious, I, no joke, just interviewed for a promotion at my fire department today. This is exactly how I felt in my interview pretty sure I had that same look on my face
Good luck!.
So it’s been two years.. did you get the promotion? Are you the big dick chief at the department now or what?? I wanna hear the update.
"In five years, I see myself continuing to educate and better myself and my community through hard work, care and dedication." Done.
Clear as mud about what our job entails! Perfect for the first interview to break in the recruits
The only thing this is missing is the covid edition where they get interrupted mid question cause the zoom call dropped.
Nah.
That interview was in one of the Southern free states.
@@bugwar5545 'Free'.
@@bugwar5545
The good states.
Interview with private EMS:
"Do you have a license?"
"Yeah, just got it, this is actually my first interview..."
"-Can you start today? We're short."
I must disagree, my friend was the Chief of a big city fire department and once in a while he would take off his bugles and ride on an EMT Rig. He would not just observe but he did paramedic stuff. He also saw a lot of problems he needed to fix. That earned him so much respect from his men.
Was he the exception that proved the rule?????
Me: Could you repeat the first question
Captain: That was only 1 question!
"I see myself putting the fire out, saving 65 cats, 2 babies and getting $20 and telling an awesome story in 5 years" 😎😎😎
EMS interviewer: Can you work overnights and weekends? Will you accept built in overtime on your schedule? Yes? Welcome aboard, the uniform shop is that way. 😎
It's been experimentally determined that *no one* likes the "where do you see yourself in five years" question. Absolutely no one. It might be the single worst interview question.
They like when you say doing your job.
Or "What is your greatest weakness?"
@@FlamingCockatiel "Inability to avoid telling people when they ask dumb-ass questions."
@@keith6706I read your reply to my mom and brother, and the three of us had a good laugh.
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
Me: Still sorting all this out
Interviewer: where do you see yourself in five years?
Peter: (dont say doing your wife, dont say doing your wife, dont say doing your wife) Doing your....son..
Interviewer: ................
Just tell him you ace'd the police exam, can drink a gallon of coffee in one sitting, and love EMS...... you'll get promoted immediately!
If teacher interviews were honest "Hi, this is just a formality since we are going to hire the friend of the Principal."
I see myself busting down fires and doing the best I can in 5 years. Now if the questions was what will you do? The answer that I was tought was you politly say that you have been already been given a command by who ever told you the first thing and that it's up to them if you can be switched to a new task. This is so your position doesnt get lost. I would rather be in trouble for telling the chief to talk to the first person then get in trouble for not being where I should be as that could lead to someone else getting injured or you getting injured.
Where I’m at and how my whole area works is that we only get orders from our lieutenant of our rig. He can get orders from deputy chief or battalion chief or IC, to which he’ll then give us our assignment. Prevents a lot of confusion on our parts, especially in a situation similar to the video haha
I'm still in training so I dont know exactly how the orders work in my area. But that is how my FRO and confined space awareness teacher explained it. I am hoping to hit the academy next year. Currently about to start EMT course.
Michael Janes where at and how’d you get started?
@@brettappleby9311 I am currently in school In Apple Valley CA. I am wanting to work for Cal Fire but want to do municipal as well. I got interested when I was about 12 and my mom was going through the volunteer program.
Michael Janes that’s awesome, I’m still not sure if I want to pursue wild land or municipal yet but I’m leaning towards structural firefighting. Gonna start fire science at Palomar community college next semester. Good luck on you’re career and thank you for the info
5 years? I’ll be rolling on the squad complaining about how this question is still bugging me!
Sounds more like a question from the national registry
This reminds me of my medic school final scenario, my teacher gave me an MCI with 5 different patents complaining of 5 different issues 😂
That was my EMT-B Trauma scenario. Working a real mass cas is 100x easier than the practice scenarios.
Shoot them in the leg, treat for GSW. Solves everything.
Alternatively you can go for the combat medic approach. Ibuprofen, water, change your socks you filthy animal
@@fiundagner The bigest take-away from CLS was definitely change the socks; only one-upped by security of PT belts.
ive just been hired at my local EMT department and my local fire department!!! I nailed my hands on BLS course this morning cause ive been practicing on my pillow like a maniac and now they are paying for me to get my education. I'm so happy. I love your channel its been a great source of inspiration for me. Thank you!
one year later. how's it going?
My son is taking fire science in high school right now and I need to show him this 😂
I just had my first interview last week and can attest to how factual this is hahaha
My dad was a fire chief, I’m gonna ask him if he did interviews like that
The answer to " where do you see yourself in 5 years". Chief of the department😂😂😂😂
That's always my answer when they ask this BS question: "On your chair."
(Unless it's an HR/recruiting agent, not an actual officer - then I go for the more romantic: "At station 31, coffee in hand, keeping a watchful eye over my company.")
[Edit: Don't forget the smile! You need to smile to pull this off!!!]
I recently partook in a interview with a FD. It was definitely one of the quicker interviews I've ever had.
5 people, 1 question each starting with what advice would you give to future prospects and ending with how would you tell a mother her child was deceased while she was also burned and on scene.
Did you pass
To the 2nd half. "we've got your son/daughter. Let's get you to the hospital fast.". They'll relax a little. It's not a lie though. Horrible situation, but does happen.
Yikes, that last one...
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"Saving lives, and divorcing wives"
I'm so confused as to why you don't have more subscribers, wish i could double subscribe... be patient greatness is coming, love your videos
Even a year later, that's a useless comment 🙄
Ideally my interview goes exactly like this
“Is the scene safe?”
😂😂
Lol I really enjoy your videos! They are funny 😂😂 Keep it up!
All the normal questions wrapped up into one super scenario!
Easy, pick one of the tasks where you run into the building requiring one of the aforementioned officers to delegate their tasks to someone else on the fireground. Sort out the rest in the report.
Wish I found your videos a few years ago...... when I was still young enough to become a firefighter in my city. I had thought about it off and on before and am trying to change careers and get into healthcare and have been re-evaluating things and becoming a firefighter has been looking more and more appealing regardless of the downsides. sucks being too old now but I really appreciate your videos
NAILED IT!!!!!!! typical question for the fire service
This made my day 🤣🤣🤣 I think we can all relate.
That was fantastic!
Omg,that was super hilarious 😄, but you're so nervous that this is actually how you feel on those interviews, so true 👍
Holy shit, you just nailed a ff interview I had 25 years ago.
Who hurt you during your interview process? This is a safe place. Sad part is I've had interview questions like that and not from a fire department
“2 babies spontaneously combusted”
In 5 years, I hope to be at home drawing workman's comp.
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"Hopefully somewhere with a better chain of commands where people don't give me contradictory commands every 5 seconds"
Ha! I got asked the scenario about contradicting orders on the fire ground AND the one about a fellow firefighter stealing in front of me.
That was two decades ago - they haven’t updated the playbook since then?
That’s somewhat disheartening considering I have an interview Monday.. 😂
Good luck! You'll rock it!
Emerald thank you sir, I sure hope so!
Fake Flyway Outdoors update?
Chill Glib • 19 years ago I think it went well, my volley chief got some inside info saying they should call me next week so my fingers are crossed. 😬😬
Fake Flyway Outdoors so did they call?
Nailed it...
I was once asked
"You've been tasked with handing over the possessions of a colleague who was killed on duty, to his family. Whilst going through his locker you find a mobile phone and several love letters which suggest he was having an affair prior to his death. What would you do?"
Pick it up where he left off, obviously.
Bro this shit. I just had a 4 person panel interview the other day. Probably the most relaxed interview ive been in too. But i couldnt stop shaking i was so nervous. The department is one ive wanted to get on for a while now.
Can’t tell you how accurate this is
One of the best
Ya I can relate 3 years ago when I interviewed. 1dc and a platoon chief ran a scenario by me about a mvc with a car and a tanker full of gasoline rolling over 2 patients needing extricated and what I would do.man did I feel like a deer in the headlights. The crazy part was my assigned station had that call a short time before I interviewed and a couple guys got pretty rattled they were up to their knees in the ditch in gasoline .
Hopefully on the opposite end of this interview giving someone else a heart attack 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh shit is this actually what it feels like? 😬. Could you do a video of good training workouts for the physical agility test please? Love you videos, thanks!!
I did a mock interview at a fire house and the captain was doing the I interveiw and asked what do you expect from our fire house and I said for everyone not to be as$ holes and he started laughing
Great video! Haha... especially when i have my interview in a week!
I’m far removed now from my EMS days, but I still tell young bucks the time I interviewed to be a volunteer firefighter as the most intimidating interviewing process I had ever gone through.
Yep! Not a bad way to see how someone will respond in a chaotic situation...
Lmao just had my interview with the fire department at the time I had the interview someone crashed into town hall, my interview took place at the scene of the crash loved it lol
„Where do you see yourself in 5 years ?“
„Sitting in your chair asking silly questions.“
I can't believe this was published Aug 2020. These days, it's "Do you have a valid drivers license and EMT credentials? Yes? You're hired."
I didn’t even get a interview for my part time EMT job, I had volunteered as basically a driver for 6 months and when I sent a email asking for information on open spots I got one back telling me as of the coming weekend I’d be working as a EMT so uh yeah
@@shyowl3453 Can't say I'm surprised. Given what we do, and how much (or rather, how little) we get paid to do it, it takes a special breed to want to be in this field at all! So we really can't be surprised lots of places are "pulse and a patch".
May there soon be a day when people are paid according to an objective value of the worth of their jobs. Let Hollywood celebrities and pro-league sports stars flip burgers to make ends meet, while teachers and first responders are able to enjoy their time off from literally making a difference in peoples' lives.
"But celebs and sports stars have short careers, so they need to make more to cover them later." Tell that to the fallen/injured firemen whose families are struggling after the loss of that income.
This too spot on.
Hahahaha I love you man! Do not stop what you are doing XD
"Where do you see yourself in five years?"
"I dunno, let's find out!" (passes out from question overload)
Perfect timing….I just applied for an officer position…. No matter how hard I study for the interview I guarantee there will be a ‘left field’ question. 🤣🤣👍
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years"
"On the right end of the knob sir"
😂😂 just made it past my panel interview and background interview and waiting for a call back 🤘🏾
Bro this was great 🤣
My first thought to answer that question was "Having a panic attack, sir."
Sums up my interview with My Department, and the one Below was absolutely Rural Metro
"Insane" would probably be the first word out of my mouth.
Love this guy 🤣
Information overload!
I am in no way an emergency service worker, but I can’t quit watching these videos 😂
spot on !
Holy 💩 my interview felt just like that!! 😂😂
"Where do you see yourself in five years?"
"Doing my job, here?"
"That is a fantastic question, sir. The answer to which, based off the information provided, would either be dead, fired, in a glorious youtube news clip, or in jail. Dependent on if this pattern of Chief Has Arrived On Scene is standard operating proceedure for this department."
"I just want to serve my community and help people sir."
I was expecting at the end "so what are you going to do?!"
Dude your awesome
I love your vids
My dream job is to be a fireman. Now we’ll now I just don’t know😂😂
Fire dept interviews now days:
Are you a medic?
Yes.
Ur hired.
Hesitation...🤨
Haha. That was funny!🤣😂
now days the interview is like: Are you a paramedic? Yes, OK your hired
bro i watch all your videos and im only an emt but youre tooo funny 😭
Dude. No such thing as ONLY an EMT.
"Where do you see yourself in five years."
"Suffering post traumatic stress syndrome."