can my friend become a volunteer fire fighter?
my friend mike is really into volunteer fire fighter and hopefully becoming a paid fire fighter but he has been arrested over a year ago for possesion of marijuana and later on a dwi and with the possesion charge he got PBJ for 6 months and he completed that, and with the dwi the officer never showed up to court so it was droped.
thanks in advance!!
The answer actually depends upon your local jurisdiction and laws. For many jurisdictions, the fire department will conduct a background check, but can decide for themselves if they want to accept a particular candidate. Other jurisdictions might be forbidden by law to accept certain candidates.
There’s no harm in volunteering and seeing if he is accepted or not. However, note that the requirements for paid firefighters are probably more stringent. That said, they may have leeway there as well.
The answer actually depends upon your local jurisdiction and laws. For many jurisdictions, the fire department will conduct a background check, but can decide for themselves if they want to accept a particular candidate. Other jurisdictions might be forbidden by law to accept certain candidates.
There’s no harm in volunteering and seeing if he is accepted or not. However, note that the requirements for paid firefighters are probably more stringent. That said, they may have leeway there as well.
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