Yeorin
08-01-2005, 05:21 PM
Alright, here's a question that's really been bugging me.
I really want to become a firefighter...I know I could if I dedicated myself to it. But there's one major thing standing in the way and the details of it are sort of unclear: Eyesight.
For a few years now I've had to wear glasses...at the time of the perscription my vision was 20/100. The lenses correct to 20/20. All the websites I've read give slightly different details...most say that corrected vision must be atleast 20/30 corrected, 20/100 uncorrected. A couple of websites word it differently as if it's just a guideline, while a couple of others still state different numbers (I assume because they're for different agencies or whatnot). It's a bit unclear...so I figured I'd come straight to the source and state my question.
I know my uncorrected eyesight can't be much worse than 20/100 if it is worse at all. And without the glasses I can see enough to know what things are at distance..just not details. Corrected these days is probably...20/25? If not still 20/20. So the question here is this: If my uncorrected vision has gone beyond 20/100, will that absolutely prevent me from ever being a firefighter in the U.S.? Even if lenses can correct my vision to 20/20 and I carry atleast two pairs of glasses/contacts?
Thanks,
Brian
I really want to become a firefighter...I know I could if I dedicated myself to it. But there's one major thing standing in the way and the details of it are sort of unclear: Eyesight.
For a few years now I've had to wear glasses...at the time of the perscription my vision was 20/100. The lenses correct to 20/20. All the websites I've read give slightly different details...most say that corrected vision must be atleast 20/30 corrected, 20/100 uncorrected. A couple of websites word it differently as if it's just a guideline, while a couple of others still state different numbers (I assume because they're for different agencies or whatnot). It's a bit unclear...so I figured I'd come straight to the source and state my question.
I know my uncorrected eyesight can't be much worse than 20/100 if it is worse at all. And without the glasses I can see enough to know what things are at distance..just not details. Corrected these days is probably...20/25? If not still 20/20. So the question here is this: If my uncorrected vision has gone beyond 20/100, will that absolutely prevent me from ever being a firefighter in the U.S.? Even if lenses can correct my vision to 20/20 and I carry atleast two pairs of glasses/contacts?
Thanks,
Brian