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Fire Department Job Strategies


General

• On Getting Hired by R.D. Mandery 
You glance up over the horizon and see the smoke rising. You hear several other sirens that seem to be converging on the scene from other areas of the city. You think to yourself man!, I’d really like to be on that fire engine, ’geez’, it seems like it would be a great job.   (read more)



• Take the Tests by Captain Dennis Childress, Orange County Fire 


• So, you want to be a firefighter?


• Why do Firefighters Die? by Charles E. Truthan, D.O., FACOFP 


• Oral Interviews


• Firefighter Entry Certifications



Course Preparation

• Thirty-Plus Basic Oral Questions by "Captain Bob" 


• College Prep Courses


• Take the Tests by Captain Dennis Childress, Orange County Fire 
It’s a statistical fact that there are over 3,000 Fire Academy graduates in the Southern California area looking for fire service jobs. So how does a young adult go about beating those odds and get a job in the fire service without waiting forever?   (read more)




Test Taking Strategies

• Top Scoring Examination Strategies by Brent Collins 


• Test Taking Strategy for Reading or Verbal Comprehension by Brent Collins 


• Strategies Before the Examination by Brent Collins 


• Final Days Before the Examination by Brent Collins 


• Arriving For the Examination by Brent Collins 


• Test-Taking Tactics: Evaluating Answer Choices by Brent Collins 


• Word Clues by Brent Collins 


• Understanding the Test Makers Tactics by Brent Collins 


• Strategy for Deductive Reasoning by Brent Collins 


• Strategy for Inductive Reasoning by Brent Collins 


• Strategy for Information Ordering by Brent Collins 


• Strategy for Judgement, Human Relations and Problem Solving by Brent Collins 


• Strategy for Memorization by Brent Collins 


• Strategy for Reading or Verbal Comprehension by Brent Collins 


• Strategy for Visualization by Brent Collins