BCLepore
11-25-2008, 09:46 PM
My PM inbox has been filling up with questions regarding babckground investigations. How much do you reveal, what do I have to tell the investigator, and will they find out?
I am going to repost the Background Investigation questionaire so you can get a feeling of what the investigator will ask.
Keep in mind a couple of things:
1. Nobody is perfect
2. Intentionally with holding or omiting information is the same as telling a lie.
3. Lying is grounds for immediate dismissal from the background process.
4. There are some issues that will keep people from becoming a firefighter.
5. There is no such thing as an expunged record.
This is not my department's form, nor did I make this up. This form is was given to me by the Fire Chief of a major California Fire Department who frequents this board. He asked me to remove his department name and circulate this to aspiring firefighters.
Here's the link:
http://www.aspiringfirefighters.com/downloads/background-questionaire.pdf
Paul Lepore
Battalion Chief
www.aspiringfirefighters.com
I am going to repost the Background Investigation questionaire so you can get a feeling of what the investigator will ask.
Keep in mind a couple of things:
1. Nobody is perfect
2. Intentionally with holding or omiting information is the same as telling a lie.
3. Lying is grounds for immediate dismissal from the background process.
4. There are some issues that will keep people from becoming a firefighter.
5. There is no such thing as an expunged record.
This is not my department's form, nor did I make this up. This form is was given to me by the Fire Chief of a major California Fire Department who frequents this board. He asked me to remove his department name and circulate this to aspiring firefighters.
Here's the link:
http://www.aspiringfirefighters.com/downloads/background-questionaire.pdf
Paul Lepore
Battalion Chief
www.aspiringfirefighters.com