Train Local Young People as EMT's Invest in Dolan's Future it's Young People

We need to train local young people as EMT's? They don't need to be firefighters, we have far more EMS calls than fire calls.

There is very little as far as opportunities for young people in the Dolan Springs, Meadview, and White Hills area. Very few jobs, no training, and we lost any high school programs.

It cost $1366 plus books and travel expenses to train an EMT in Las Vegas, less if we did the training here. The training can be as short as two-weeks or can take a couple months to complete depending on the training days and location.

When I checked today there were 106 EMT jobs in Las Vegas. Some are as security guards, but many are working for EMS or physicians. We could make an agreement with young people that if we train them as EMT's, they volunteer for X years.

They could continue their training as a paramedic using student grants, loans, and out assistance. Again with the agreement they volunteer x years for the LMRFD EMS.

Once they complete their paramedic training and have a year or so of experience, they can go to Mohave Community College, and in two semesters, they're an RN. Not only an RN, because when most RN's get out of school, they have had very little patient contact.

These RN's would be experienced RN paramedics, capable of doing critical care transports making $50 -$75 an hour right out of school.

One of our young people may even surprise us, continue another 18-24 months of training to be a physicians assistant, or nurse practitioner, and come back to start the clinic we need.

There must be some young people in the area who want to be a EMT, paramedic, nurse, or doctor. We need to invest in them, they live here, or grew up here.

Dolan isn't culture shock to them. Outsiders don't get it, what do you mean they haul water?

HUD even has a program where firefighters get 50% off their home, so young people could be homeowners too.

Law enforcement officers, pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians can contribute to community revitalization while becoming homeowners through HUD's Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program. HUD offers a substantial incentive in the form of a discount of 50% from the list price of the home. In return you must commit to live in the property for 36 months as your sole residence.