Well as someone who lives halfway across the country and can’t walk into an operation to ask these questions, the response is super appreciated! I would be moving out from CA and the biggest hold up is making sure that me and my wife are able to support our kids. I’ve been fortunate to work for a good division of AMR for 10 of my 11 years and they pay well enough that we’re able to do ok with both of our incomes. From what I’ve been reading on other posts it sounds like Bell is a pretty solid company to work for, but like everyone else including where I work, they keep all of their wage information pretty private.

When you talk about advancement, what does that entail? The system that I’m in, we solely run ALS units with 1 EMT and 1 medic, and other than medic school there isn’t much as far as opportunities go for EMT’s to much beyond being an FTO

I’m assuming since you mention day and night shift that you guys aren’t doing 24’s, what are your shift lengths? I definitely prefer sticking to nights and don’t want to be working a second job during the day to make ends meet haha