If this incident occurred prior to the last recertification period and was reported previously then you do not need to report it again. If you still have questions regarding what is reportable or what you should submit, you may contact Catherine Schmitz, or Jerry Andrews. If your training officer is not able to assist you, they will contact our office and talk with the state training manager. Non-affiliated EMTs can obtain continuing education hours through local community colleges and by contacting the training officers at local fire departments and ambulance services. Please let them know that you are non-affiliated and request if you can attend the continuing education being offered to their EMTs.
Most agencies are willing to allow non-affiliated EMTs to attend if they have space available.
Unaffiliated EMTs need to contact the local agencies in their communities to request to have their skills verified. Most EMTs are able to contact a former employer and they will provide this service. If you have exhausted every possible agency in your surrounding area and still cannot find someone to assist you, you can contact Donna Wilson or Leslie Terrell from the Mobile Training Unit for further suggestions. When you sign the application, you are signing that you have completed the requirements for recertifying, including your hours for continuing education. If you are audited and do not have the continuing education requirements, you would be disciplined for falsifying your application.