Been mulling this one over for a few days. I work full time in an adjacent county as a paramedic at a pretty busy 911 service and live in a small town of about 2500 people, The town where I live is served by a combination paid and volunteer fire dept. One man on the fire dept works Mon-Fri 8 hrs a day while the other three work on a 24 on, 48 off shift. This gives a guarenteed response of two men on all calls, medical first responder being the most frequent, which is supplimented by a volunteer response. One, if not two of the 24 hour men may be leaving around July first for jobs with a larger dept in a neighboring city. The Chief of the big city dept gave the Chief of the small town dept a courtesy call to let him know in advance that he was looking at two of his three men for the upcoming fiscal year. I was approached by the Chief of the small town combo dept and asked if I was interested in one of the positions. I told him that I would be if I could keep my job with the big city EMS b/c that's where my tenure, benifits and retirement is based and work the combo dept on one of my off days. I'm qualified for this position, commisioned ff, haz-mat, extrication and a paramedic. The financial gains would be great, all credit cards would be paid off in the first year, wife's vehicle and student loans the second, and then every thing earned by the two of us could go into savings and into paying off the mortgage on our home. Just can't decide if I want to undertake another full time job. I did it once working two full time EMS jobs, both for busy 911 services and I was completely exausted and burnt out after the first year or two. I'd like to think that the FD would be different due to a lower call volume than the county EMS where I previously worked. That was when I was single, now I'm married, no kids. My wife seemed to entertain the idea knowing that it would not be for forever and that in the long run it would be benificial. The ironic thing is I went to paramedic school to better my chance of getting hired with a large metro fire dept due to the big push at the time for ALS engines companys. Once I rec'd my paramedic license I never reapplied for a fire dept job. Now I'm being offered one at a small dept in a quite town less than two miles from home. Just trying to get some input before I commit.