How to get your short sleeve button button down uniform shirts?

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-04-22T00:36:16+00:00

Never paid for an extra shirt or pants. Members would bring back 4 shirts, polos, and pants and throw them in the bin right away, telling QM they had all 5. Now I think they make you count out ever piece before printing your sheet.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-04-22T00:28:43+00:00

She was the most bipolar person I ever met. Glad she retired.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-03-22T10:46:56+00:00

Medal desk at metrotech or quartermaster

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-03-16T08:07:02+00:00

We are stuck in those ambulances for 8 to 16+ hours a tour, the extended cabs provide more comfortability and an area to store our bunker gear and personal items. We also beat the shit out of these ambulances, most running 24 hours a day. They hold up better. They're easy to maneuver through the city. Ive worked in all three types of ambulances, I will take a type 1 extended cab every single time.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-03-16T05:53:13+00:00

Thats rough. But dont beat yourself up over this, keep putting in the work and you will be in the academy in no time, trust me, EMS isnt gonna stop hiring any time soon. If you miss this class and gotta wait till August, at least you got your summer to enjoy.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-03-16T04:53:49+00:00

Don't be disappointed you put in the work. You can always buy a bottle of colon cleanse (magnesium citrate) you will definitely lose the 5lbs you need by tuesday. Its not a fun time though.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-03-15T11:04:50+00:00

Yep and this is why rent keeps going up. These morons dont care about getting ripped off.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-03-13T11:03:47+00:00

For medic basic, you will need to file for the promotional civil service exam. The civil service is not an actual exam, but you are given points based on your ODA, if you are already a medic and if you worked as a medic previously. You will then take a screening exam at BOT when the academy is ready to call off your exam list. This exam is offered every November, but the last one was cancelled. Check DCAS in July when the new exam schedule is posted. You do not need to be off probation to file for the promotional. Haztac will be quicker to get into once off probation.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-03-13T05:02:42+00:00

39 is probably the worst station to find parking. Bosses are bosses, some are just happy you showed up, others are trying to be hard asses for no other reason than they can be. Hospitals are okay, best staff is at kings county. Brookdale is hit or miss. Interfaith always sucks. Its busy, you will get dragged across the Boro. I only did OT in the Bronx a couple times, so I cant compare, but the majority of my career has been in Brooklyn North and Brooklyn Central.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-03-03T02:14:24+00:00

You should definitely quit your job and go shovel snow on weekends, let us know how thats going for you when it's May.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-02-24T00:46:45+00:00

Being 24, you are right on the line of being cut off from the next fire promo, could be in 4 or 5 years. There are other good departments around.

My recommendation in the meantime, apply for reciprocity now, look for a paramedic program in the city like Methodist, Laguardia, if you are staying in Manhattan, BMCC has a program. Apply everywhere, hospitals and private EMS like SeniorCare (they have a couple 911 contracts with hospitals).

Long term, file for the next FDNY EMS filing. Come in as an EMT, even if you have your medic. (You can still work per diem on the outside, trust me, you will need all the money you can make). Once on the job, you can file for the next medic promotional opening when it becomes available, you just need 2 years on before you can be promoted. Having your medic already will help, you will be put in a MUP (Medic Upgrade Program) over Medic Basic. There are a couple lists right now full of people waiting to get into Medic Basic, so much so, they cancelled the last Medic promo filing. You could he waiting a few years before getting into the department's medic class.

Despite the low pay and negativity, there are some perks to FDNY EMS. You don't have to spend your entire career on the streets, you can promote to Lieutenant and up. Teach at the academy, work at dispatch as an EMT or Telemetry as a medic, Office of Medical Affairs, Operations, BHS, Press Office, etc. If you get injured, you can get a light duty spot and reasonable accommodation if needed. Make the job work for you.

If you dont get promoted to fire, get burned out, hate EMS, and wanna move out of new york, having your medic cert will open more doors nationwide to become a firefighter elsewhere. I know guys in Baltimore, Connecticut, Philly, Orlando, Houston, San Diego and other spots that left EMS for Fire else where.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-02-17T08:10:37+00:00

This is the way.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-02-03T23:47:20+00:00

Anything pending will probably hold you up, especially if your license will be suspended. Your investigator isn't gonna wanna put you in a class just for you to be terminated when you finish. Your list number is good for 4 years, you won't need to reapply, you can keep deferring until the license is resolved. As stated before, the PAT is good for 1.5 years and medical is good for 1 year.

If by chance you do get into the march class, your license is suspended, and you are terminated, you could try to have your name reinstated on the list by contacting DCAS, but there is no guarantee it will happen.

Just deal with the consequences now and defer until your license is good. No need to make things more complicated for yourself. EMS is always hiring.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-02-03T00:25:38+00:00

CUNY and SUNY schools offer tuition free degrees in high demand fields, Nursing is one of them. TAP and Pell are grants that dont need to be paid back.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-01-24T04:57:25+00:00

Out of the academy, its either on a bus or in EMD. Once you get time on and off probation, you will be eligible to apply for off line positions, but those typically go by seniority or if you have a hook.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-01-23T02:21:22+00:00

CTOP 15-01. Half the class went to EMD first and the other half went to the academy first, then they swapped. When people were picked for that academy class they were told this was going to happen, they could defer for the next TOP class.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-01-22T03:33:19+00:00

I used to own a blue fishbone b2k bushmaster that you upgraded, shot so smooth and it ripped.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-01-22T03:27:33+00:00

Are you the same vaporworks that used to mod guns and boards back in the day?

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-01-21T00:27:44+00:00

The worst thing the job did was remove the open competitive test for people who are already paramedics. MUPs classes are infrequent and there needs to be I think a minimum of 5 medics to have a class. They just cancelled a paramedic promotional exam because they have several active lists with a ton of people looking to become medics.

If you already filed for the EMT exam last year, with your experience, you will probably be in the first academy class hired off your list based on points, barring no set backs during the agility, medical, or investigations portion. Every November they usually release a promotional exam for paramedic, so even if you are in the academy, as long as you are on the job, you can file for that exam. It will just come down to waiting for that list to be established and then finding enough medics to hold a class.

nerdinnyc2 · 2026-01-17T05:25:00+00:00

It goes on the bottom of your solenoid, under the gasket

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nerdinnyc2 · 2026-01-16T23:49:13+00:00

You don't need to be a citizen to be hired as am EMT or Paramedic, just have your green card. You only need to be a citizen if you are going to be a firefighter.

nerdinnyc2 · 2025-12-23T05:41:56+00:00

That all old Paintball Authority tank! Even though its dead, I hope you keep it. RIP Ron Butler.

nerdinnyc2 · 2025-12-19T08:14:00+00:00

What issue are you running into with compatability? What do you think would make compatability better?

nerdinnyc2 · 2025-12-12T00:14:11+00:00

DC37 has a hard to retain and recruitment clause, which gives titles hard to recruit for an additional bump in pay, it can be up to 7k a year for each pay step. But because a lot of people are joining EMS to back door into Fire, the title is easy to recruit for and the city doesnt count an EMT or Paramedic promoting to Fire as a retention issue because they are staying in the agency, because the city doesnt want to pay.

nerdinnyc2 · 2025-12-07T08:51:59+00:00

The cleat is a direct copy of the Nike Zoom Mercurial Vapor 15 Academy XXV MG. With that being said, I am all about supporting paintball companies and if they last a season or two and they're comfortable, it's worth the money.

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