Newport Beach, CA

[arff42]

Anyone else apply to this one?

[jakelong]

yes sir, i jumped on it today. whats the word going around as to how many FF EMTS they wanty to pick up?

[arff42]

yes sir, i jumped on it today. whats the word going around as to how many FF EMTS they wanty to pick up?

I wish I knew the numbers.

I was told by someone in admin that they were recieving a lot on online applications without the required attachments. Once you submit, you cannot re-apply for 180 days.

[jakelong]

well that is good for us I guess, but bad for them lol. I am hoping to at least get a test. I worked on an ambulance down in the oc and ran some calls with newport beach fire- they seemed like a good group of guys to work for... lets cross our fingers man! good luck

[jamessmitchell]

I had a meeting with a Captain over there a couple of weeks ago, and he said that, ideally, they would be picking up around 10 new firefighters. But, as is the case these days with money concerns, it could be less. I believe they had received the max 500 apps sometime yesterday. They had 350 the first day, but tossed almost half because they were incomplete - you're online file and in person application both had to be totally complete. I got mine in yesterday, thank goodness.

[jakelong]

wow, ten spots would be awesome!! that makes the odds pretty good with only five hundrer total applicants. you have to take into account not everyone invited to the test will attend. any idea what the written will intel?

[cgentry]

I had my brother in law drop mine off this morning and they told him I was number 513. They said there were a lot that were incomplete. Hopefully my app gets moved up a few spots!

[cityofangelsPM]

I called this morning before I drove down and the lady informed me that they were at about 450 but A LOT were incomplete. Good luck hope everyone gets a test!

[arff42]

I had a meeting with a Captain over there a couple of weeks ago, and he said that, ideally, they would be picking up around 10 new firefighters. But, as is the case these days with money concerns, it could be less. I believe they had received the max 500 apps sometime yesterday. They had 350 the first day, but tossed almost half because they were incomplete - you're online file and in person application both had to be totally complete. I got mine in yesterday, thank goodness.

So do the applications that were tossed out for being incomplete count as part of the 500?

[arff42]

wow, ten spots would be awesome!! that makes the odds pretty good with only five hundrer total applicants. you have to take into account not everyone invited to the test will attend. any idea what the written will intel?

The written topics are in the job posting. I believe it was IFSTA FF Essentials, haz mat and building construction. 100 questions of multiple choice.

[FirstDue52]

has anyone heard if theyre picking up EMT's or medics, and if so how many of each?

[ffmurch7]

Anybody heard back either way? i turned my app in earlier this month over the interweb and since i live up in northern CA i called to ask if i could mail the hardcopy down, and they said it would fine. does anybody remember when the closing date was?

[FirstDue52]

the closing date is the 28th. I turned mine in my application on the 16th and i was in the 450's. I was told that many of the application were not filled out correctly which would mean they would be tossed and the next guy/gal would move up. I guarantee newport has the 500 already but they are still taking apps up to today (28th).

[arff42]

the closing date is the 28th. I turned mine in my application on the 16th and i was in the 450's. I was told that many of the application were not filled out correctly which would mean they would be tossed and the next guy/gal would move up. I guarantee newport has the 500 already but they are still taking apps up to today (28th).

A friend called a few days ago and they were over 800.

[NoRegrets03]

Does anyone know exactly what is going to be on the Written Test?

ex: the chapters from which books....

[jamessmitchell]

I heard from a captain down there to focus your studies on IFSTA Principles of Firefighting...

And I heard they are just looking for the best candidates regardless of if they are medics or EMTs, but sometimes they say that and end up hiring only medics...

Also, their background is apparently the gnarliest around. They lose something like 60-70% in the polygraph...their polygrapher is apparently really hard to please.

[NoRegrets03]

Thanks for the info...

[jamessmitchell]

Check your email guys - they sent out notifications of test results today.

[didiart]

I just took the test on the 8th. I got the email today saying I didn't make it. There must have been some very high scores because I know I scored in the 90's for sure. I wasn't 100% sure on maybe 5 or 6 questions, and with those I made pretty educated guesses after narrowing the answers down the 3 or 2. Oh well, just wasn't meant to be. Good luck to everybody else.

[allisonfire]

nothing yet, still waiting to hear back from Newport.

Good luck to all!