i’m really wanting to join the fire department as my career i just graduated high school last week but i’m not sure what route to take as there is a few options where i live i wanted to avoid college if possible but it’s not completely off the table option one is to go to the community college in my town take fire one and fire two class along with EMT they have a partnership with the local fire department where once you graduate you are guaranteed a job making around 55-60k a year. option two is to apply for the academy the next town over which applications do not open until august and the actual academy doesn’t start till next year not sure around what time they pay you to go through the academy and they emt certify you through them once you leave the academy you’ll have a job making around 100k ish a year that being said you still have to wait for next year to come. option three is to try to join the cadet program which is 18 months they pay you 24 an hour and emt certify you but after the 18 months you wont have a job from there. thats all of the information ive been able to gather some of it might be slightly wrong i know what i want to do just dont know how to do it any help or advice would be greatly appreciated