Some Helpful and Interesting Links Related to the Fire Service
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- United Fire Service Women - A San Francisco based group of female firefighters that support women entering the fire service and encourage their growth and promotion within departments
- International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services
- CalOpps.org - Sign up to receive notices of public employment job postings throughout California
- California State Fire Marshal
- CFFJAC - California Fire Fighters Joint Apprenticeship Committee - Home of the CPAT (Candidate Physical Ability Test)
- CPAT - Candidate Physical Ability Test
- CalFire - California's Department of Forestry and wildland fire fighting
- National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians - The Nation's EMS Certification
- National Testing Network - "...directly contracts with public safety departments across the country to test candidates for jobs. Once a candidate completes [the] process, information and test scores will be sent directly to each department."
- Fire House - Online Fire Magazine with Dozens of topics, blogs and fire related material
- Fire Nuggets - Magazine for Fire Fighters by Fire Fighters
- Fire Careers - Instant Job Posting Notification
- Fire Recruit - Firefighter Employment listings throughout the United States
- California Firefighter - Networking Forum for Media and Training in California
- Fire Fighter Close Calls - Up to Date Information from across the Nation on Fire related Incidents and Line of Duty Deaths
- Fire Engineering
- Fire Life
- Firefighter's ABC's - "A Premier Diversity Recruitment Organization" with workshops for Beginner Level Candidates as well as a membership based listing of hiring fire departments across the nation
- The Battalion - The Series - "True Reality Truly Unscripted" With Fire Department Webisodes and Blogs
- FireHire - A Membership based website that allows you to get on hiring lists for participating fire departments
- 911Interviews - A membership based website that allows you to view hundreds of videos of actual fire oral board interviews, as well as the videos of feedback and responses from experienced fire professionals
- Code 3 Fire Training and Education - Loads of tips on becoming the best promotional candidate
- Fire 20/20 - "Envisions a fire and emergency service that represents the multicultural communities it serves."
- Firefighter Nation - Online Magazine with Fire related News, Training, Community Forums and topics from the Fire Rescue Magazine
- Fire Link - News, Videos, Forums, Training, Quizzes, Academies, Education, Gear
- Train Firefighters - "Firefighter Inspiration Readiness and Education"
- STATter911 - Fire and EMS blogs with lots of video postings from the East coast
- VentEnterSearch - "The Lost Art of the Fire Service" - An interesting blog with lots of pictures from firefighters all over the world about what they encounter when trying to enter different premises - pretty entertaining
- Fire Rescue 1 - "The #1 Resource for the Fire Service" - Has relevant news, training information, fire supplies and product deals
- The Bravest Online - A website dedicated to Photos, Videos and More
- Los Bomberos of Northern California
- Fire Alumni - A leading resource for anyone trying to get into the fire service. Workshops, online videos and tools to contact a variety of professionals from different fire departments, test taking tips, interview and resume help.
- SFFD Fire Reserve - San Francisco's Volunteer Fire Department members who train every week and respond to 3rd Alarms and greater.