Can you become a firefighter with a nursing degree?

[ordonez182]

Are your chances higher to get hire if you have a nursing degree instead of a paramedic one?

Thanks!

[fire49]

Looks good, but depending on what is required in your area or used

Paramedic is used in the fd over nursing, but the nursing is good to have as a second job or fall back

[Durank]

Depending on the state you can bridge from RN to Paramedic.. Some states you can "challenge" the NREMT-P exam and others you have to take a bridge program that varies in length..

[NillinoisFF]

here in illinois im not too sure of any fd's that will accept a nursing degree over a paramedic cert, but if you get your paramedic cert, and get in with a ems system, you could become a lead instructor because all of the paramedic programs are required to have a nurse run their program, or atleast here in illl they are.