San Antonio 2012

[longhorn2008]

The City of San Antonio will be accepting firefighter trainee applications from 9/3/12 THRU 9/7/12.

http://www.sanantonio.gov/safd/PDFs/...nouncement.pdf

Looks like this year they will be taking online applications. Previous years you had to physically go to the academy to fill out a paper application.

TIME/PLACE OF EXAMINATION

DATE: November 4, 2012
Registration Time: 12:00 PM
Exam Start TIME: 2:00 PM
PLACE: Exhibit Hall’s C & D Convention Center 200 E. Market St. (Market/Bowie)

[iwantafirecareer]

Nice! Looking forward to this.

[Tim82]

I cant wait. I am hoping this year is my year.

[dctalk523]

How many recruits are they looking to pick up?

[iizshawn]

The recruiter I talked to said they are looking for around 50 recruits

[Tim82]

Would that be 50 recruits for the 2012-13 academy classes?

[Tim82]

Last year I was really thrown off by the addition of the behavioral section of the exam. I scored alot higher on the cognitive section. The behavioral section being worth more didn't help either. Oh well.

[fire49]

Nice benefit of SA:::

The city's 4,034 firefighters and police officers have a different insurance plan. Health insurance for them and their dependents is covered 100 percent by the*city.


Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...#ixzz251tswuit

[fire49]

Make sure you know how to drive a bus::::

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...ue-3832491.php

[Brockrocks]

Don't forget! SAFD is taking online applications today and until Sept 7th

[fire49]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...ns-3841698.php

Spokeswoman Deborah Foster said SAFD has received more than 1,000 online applications since it began accepting them*Monday.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...#ixzz25dfrA33q

[Tim82]

Well I got my application in. Good luck to everyone else who has applied. Now we wait.

[Tim82]

Man only 25-30 positions this year. Gotta study real hard this year.

[tmarlar]

Got my confirmation email for the test in November yesterday. Booked my flight and hotel. Anyone else flying out to test?

[mcurasco]

I am. I'm coming from NJ

[tmarlar]

Nice. I am flying out from Portland, OR

[fire49]

anyone have any certs????

check this

http://www.tcfp.texas.gov/certificat...ansferring.asp

and this: do reduce the number you are testing against:::


http://www.tcfp.texas.gov/job_postings/jobs.asp

changes almost weekly

[AzGuy]

I'm going to be flying in from Arizona if I can get the days off.

Also spoke to a lady in the application processing department and she said no certs are required at all really. That they start you from scratch with their FD. Don't know if that helps anyone.

[Brockrocks]

Having Certs in the SAFD wont give you an advantage over anyone else. So what you heard AzGuy is true. There is no fast tracking or anything like that. Everyone goes through training just the same. If you have experience or certs you will have an advantage over your peers in terms of learning and training. And if your cert is in texas, you dont have to sit for the state exam at the end of training. Same goes for your EMT cert.

This is what I have been told by other fire fighters who have recently gone through the academy.

[fire49]

couple of places to eat

this one gets crowded:

http://casa-rio.com/history.htm


http://www.donpedro.net/