hello all. I am a 20 year veteran of the fire service. I have been lucku enough to to do this in WV (where I'm from and where I live now) LA (2yrs) and TX(<1yr before Hurricane Rita). I have had my EMT-B for a while now and started Paramedic class in August and scheduled to graduate in August 08. Kinda funny that for the last 16 yrs of my life has been spent turning wrenches for a living as a mechanic(auto, truck, heavy equipment) and decided that I was sick of it and renewed my EMT and went work full time as an EMT all the while taking a pay cut but loving it.