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Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j7ivqfx wrote

Reply to comment by Grass8989 in FDNY ranks in 'turmoil' after commissioner demotes chiefs, high-ranking officials step down by nyujoe

My brother doesn’t have a full college degree and was processing for FDNY. He rescinded his application after passing their physical tests. Scoring high on a test doesn’t require particularly high intelligence it just requires planning and time management

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Grass8989 t1_j7j2t0l wrote

If you mess up on 1 question you risk the chance of not scoring high enough on the test to get called.

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doodle77 t1_j7kdpfn wrote

That just means it's one of the most desirable jobs, since they call people in score order. It says nothing about the difficulty or appropriateness of the test.

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jay5627 t1_j7kh0r5 wrote

The test is a screener. You learn a lot in training. It's not a hard concept to grasp

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AgainstMedicalAdvice t1_j7kwepn wrote

Don't you get paid during fire academy?

I think he's saying it requires no special schooling to apply for the job. You don't need a graduate/masters/anything.... And any education/experience people do have is just a result of the applicant pool being so competitive.

In short: he's absolutely right.

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doodle77 t1_j7klsur wrote

And if the screener was pass/fail rather than calling people in score order, we'd have more candidates than we could possibly train. It's a very desirable job and it doesn't take any special experience or education to be called for training.

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