56: So You Want to Be a Firefighter - Every Question You Are Afraid to Ask Answered
If you have been thinking about becoming a firefighter and have no idea where to start, this episode is the one I wish existed when people first started asking me these questions.
In this episode of Coach Eve Radio, Coach Eve answers every question she gets asked about getting into the fire service. Not the sanitized version. The real version. What it actually takes physically, what the hiring process actually looks like, whether you need your EMT before the academy, what to eat and how to train, why running five miles every day is not the answer, and what nobody tells you about the difference between getting ready for the academy and getting ready for the job.
This episode covers the full arc from figuring out if this career is even a good fit for you, through the application and hiring process, through pre-academy preparation, and into what the academy itself demands. Whether you are completely new to the fire service or have been thinking about this for a while and cannot figure out how to actually get started, this one is built for you.
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Topics covered: how to become a firefighter, fire academy preparation, EMT certification, firefighter fitness training, nutrition for fire academy, CPAT test preparation, firefighter hiring process, fire science degree, volunteer firefighting, physical fitness standards, strength training for firefighters, and what to expect in the fire academy.
