Preparing for the Firefighter’s Oral Board

This workshop is designed to separate your from your competition

Preparing for the Position of Firefighter is hosted and presented by CMPR Executive Leadership & Professional Development Institute. This workshop is designedfor those preparingfor entry-level firefighter positions, in particular those who have just completed a fire academy, EMT andParamedic course that are ready toseek a position in the fire service or EMS field.

Participants will:

  • Gain insight into the firefighter/ems recruitment process;
  • Learn proven strategies to increase your performance through preparation in testing processes;
  • Acquire an understanding of what separates the “top” candidates from the “average” candidates;
  • Be able to ask questions of experienced fire chiefs and company officers who are executive coaches and mentors.
  • Have a thorough understanding of what the ideal firefighter looks like from the Boards perspective?
  • Review 3 basic questions always asked
  • Obtain Interview Skills through roleplaying and Exercises
  • Be provided an Hiring Analysis & a professional development plan

Rarely is there a class on how to prepare the most challenging event, that of the fire oral board. You will receive immediate feedback;personal analysis focusing on your responses based upon traditional oral board questions.

The Lead Instructor is Andrew Mejia, former senior truck captainwith over 33 years with Encinitas Fire and a PalomarFire Academy instructor since the inceptionof the program in 1990. Captain Mejia has sat on thousands offirefighter oral boards and has coached and mentoredhundreds of firefighters to reach their goals. Assisting him are two fire chiefs Nick Pavone & Marc Revere with over 30 years of experience as chief officers who have hired firefighters in their career and know exactly why certain questions are asked, and the best approach to answer them. You will not learn canned responses but individualanswers based upon your background, specificallycrafted for you..

Our goal is to prepare you for the position of firefighter

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REGISTRATION: Send $75.00 check & registration to: CMPR, P.O. Box 230573. Encinitas, CA 92023

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A minimum registration of 20 participants is required