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Your application MUST be POSTMARKED by the next application review date. The dates are listed below.

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Recent Agency Activity
• Palo Alto FD: 6 FF/Paramedics hired 4/1/2008

• Novato FPD: 8 FF/Paramedics in backgrounds

• Cosumnes CSDFD: Interviews in progress for 3 FF/Paramedics and 2-3 FF/EMT's

You can fill out the application on-line and save it to your desktop. You must have the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or higher (PC or Mac) to be able to save your application packet. CLICK HERE to download. You may then email it to FIREHIRE® Inc. as an attachment. If you have problems with the Adobe Reader, please DO NOT contact us, please visit the support page on the Adobe website.
The written examination is weighed at 100%. The written examination material will be taken directly from the current FIREHIRE® Inc. Study Guide.

The fee to participate in the written examination is $50.00. There is a hardship fee of $30.00.

FIREHIRE® Inc. accepts successful completion of the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT). When submitting your CPAT completion card or certificate, the completion date must not be more than a year old from the date of the written examination that you are scheduled for. When submitting a copy of the CPAT completion card or certificate, it must submitted on/or before the written examination date.

If you do not submit a valid CPAT card or certificate by the required date, you will be scheduled to participate in the FPAT (FIREHIRE® Inc. Physical Ability Test). The fee for participating in the FPAT is $25.00. This fee will not be required until you pass the written examination and scheduled for the FPAT. We will only accept money orders, cashiers checks or MasterCard/Visa payments. NO PERSONAL CHECKS will be accepted.

The EMT-Paramedics will be required to participate in an Advanced Life Support Mega-Code Assessment Center, which will be considered Pass/Fail. There is no fee for the candidates in this phase of the examination process.
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CURRENT/FUTURE EXAMINATION DATES
NEXT WRITTEN EXAMINATION
The next FIREHIRE® Inc. written examination will be held on July 14th, 2008 at the Barbara Morse Wackford Community Center at 9014 Bruceville Road in Elk Grove, California 95758. Please show up at least 20 minutes early to check-in. Click here to download a map to the examination site.

Please read your invitation letter thoroughly. Please DO NOT bring any personal items. This includes pens, pencils, backpacks, study material, etc. The items required to participate in the examination will be provided. Please DO NOT bring any food or drink, as they WILL NOT be allowed at the test site. Please leave your pagers and/or cell phones in your vehicle. You will not be required to possess your invitation letter, but you will have to have picture identification available upon sign-in.

Please DO NOT show up late, because you WILL NOT be admitted under any circumstances once the doors to the examination site are closed.

APPLICATION REVIEW DATES
If you wish to participate in an upcoming examination process, FIREHIRE® Inc. MUST have your completed application packet and appropriate fees postmarked by the application review dates. Listed below are the application review dates.
MAY 31, 2008
NOVEMBER 30, 2008
MAY 31, 2009
PHYSICAL ABILITY TEST
We accept successful completion of the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT). When submitting your CPAT completion card or certificate, the completion date must not be more than a year old from the date of the written examination that you are scheduled for. When submitting a copy of the CPAT completion card or certificate, it must submitted on/or before the written examination date.

Please click here for Dublin and Orange, California CPAT dates and times. Please click here for Sacramento, California CPAT dates and times.

If you do not submit a valid CPAT card or certificate by the required date, you will be scheduled to participate in the FPAT (FIREHIRE® Inc. Physical Ability Test). The fee for participating in the FPAT is $25.00. This fee will not be required until you pass the written examination and scheduled for the FPAT. We will only accept money orders, cashiers checks or MasterCard/Visa payments. NO PERSONAL CHECKS will be accepted.

If you are a Paramedic or a Paramedic student who has completed their clinicals and has a guaranteed "ride" for their internship, and you have not participated in the ALS assessment center phase of the examination, you will need to monitor the website after the written is complete for ALS assessment center dates and times.

FUTURE WRITTEN EXAMS
JANUARY 12, 2009
JULY 20, 2009
FPAT DATES
JULY 31-AUGUST 1, 2008
NEXT ALS ASSESSMENT CENTER EXAMINATION
The next FIREHIRE® Inc. Paramedic Assessment Center will be August 23 and August 24, 2008

FIREHIRE® Inc. reserves the right to add or delete a testing date due to candidate participation.

The Assessment Centers will be held at the Elk Grove Regional Training Center at 10573 East Stockton Boulevard in Elk Grove, California. Click here to download a map to the examination site.

Please DO NOT be late!! If you are not in the staging area when your name is called, you will be considered late and will not be allowed to participate, so PLEASE do not ask!! Please click here to download the ALS Assessment Center scoresheet.

FUTURE ALS ASSESSMENT CENTER EXAM
FEBRUARY 21-22, 2009
AUGUST 15-16, 2009
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