INTERN FIREFIGHTERS
Our Student Internship program is an exciting and fun opportunity for people who are interested in a career in Firefighting or Emergency Medical Services to gain experience while attending college classes. Students work the same schedule as the career firefighting staff, and in return the Fire Department awards them with a full scholarship to Clatsop Community College. While on duty each Student Intern gains valuable hands on experience at emergency incidents, as well as learning the normal day to day activities common among career or combination career/ volunteer fire departments.
For many of our student interns, our program is a helpful way of achieving their goal of getting hired as a full time Firefighter/EMT. For others, our program is a good learning environment in which students can safely get a very in-depth perspective of the challenges, both mentally and physically, which face such a demanding career, and gives them the opportunity to decide if such a career is right for them.
If you are interested in a career in the Fire or EMS fields or would like more information on the Student Intern program, please contact:
Zach Plant
Intern Coordinator
(503) 325-2345
Voicemail ext. 6012
rplant@astoria.gov