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Salary: The average wage for an EMT Basic is: 13.37 The average wage for a Fire Fighter is: 17.79 Employment Outlook: Medium - High. It depends on the area of work, some cities may be constantly hiring, while others have plenty of staff and rarely hire on a new worker. Most employment opportunities require cross-training in FF and EMT work. Some police departments hire Paramedics that are cross trained through POST to aid the officers when responding to calls. Other: With furthered education there are multiple levels of being an emergency responder. They range from EMT - Basic, EMT - Intermediate / EMT - Advanced, Paramedic, and Flight Medic. All of these different levels are able to do different levels of patient care, along with different and more advanced types of treatment. Paramedic and Flight Medic levels of training usually require some sort of degree to go along with the extensive training needed for the expected level of patient management.