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Posted by: billj

Well, just got my results today for the fire exam. A 94. Im very dissapointed since I got two 99's in a row. I felt that I did bad on the test after I took it anyway. Oh well hopefully Ill do good on the next police test in 2005.

oh yeah this is my first post so hello to all

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Posted by: JoninNH

Hello!

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Posted by: badogg88

Well if you bombed, then i completely bombed. I got a 90, first time taking it though, so I was pretty happy wiith myself. I basically only took it to have an understanding of how the police exam worked.

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Posted by: COLE

90 as well. This was also my first fire exam. See what happens in April when it really counts.

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Posted by: Philly

What kind of questions are on the exam, and how many? does anyone know when police exam is? I have been told sometime in 2005.



Philly

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Posted by: stm4710

88 ........for someone thats been into firefighting 4 years.

Im sick of this crap............ im going cop.

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Posted by: billj

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Originally Posted by Philly @ Mon Aug 30, 18:20 What kind of questions are on the exam, and how many? does anyone know when police exam is? I have been told sometime in 2005. Philly

The PO exam should be in April 2005. The format is very similar to the fire exam with the memorization( 5 min map), reading comp,100 mult. choice, etc.

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Posted by: stm4710

According to my FS professor all civil service tests are the same. Essentially the state makes one test and just replaces cruiser with fire truck,dump truck, mail truck etc.

He said take as many as you can, PD,FD,DPW,USPS etc etc.... for practice.

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Posted by: JoninNH

Take all the exams for practice? Sounds time consuming.

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Posted by: stm4710

So is working at Wal Mart the rest of your life..................unless your in security......now thats some hardcore stuff.

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Posted by: KozmoKramer

How do you think I feel BILLJ; I Scored a 95, but NO RESIDENCY PREFERENCE!! ARGHHH (Yes, I’m shouting!)
I lived 25 years in Tewksbury and nothing to show for it from a CS perspective… Why did I move north?
Was it the taxes? The ultra liberal politics? The nepotism? Oh the frustration…
Time to kick my own ass....

I scored a 99 in both the 1992 & 1995 MA FF Exams, so I’m a little curious myself.
The format hadn’t changed to my knowledge. But I had a few this time around that I knew I hadn't answered correctly. Maybe its the milage...

Good luck to all anyway, hopefully you’ll have some success…

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Posted by: CampusOfficer

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Originally Posted by JoninNH @ 30 Aug 2004 23:37 Take all the exams for practice? Sounds time consuming.

Yeah...and expensive with the cost of these exams now.

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Posted by: Opie

97 Here! Non-Vet/EMT-B Hiring 2 now off the Medic Only List then 2-4 more FF/EMTs after the first of the year.

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Posted by: nixon3535

i got a 90 too...third time taking it, definatly was not happy....and my town is laying off three firefighters and 1 or 2 cops....maybe its time to look elsewhere

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Posted by: billj

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Originally Posted by nixon3535 @ Tue Aug 31, 07:20 i got a 90 too...third time taking it, definatly was not happy....and my town is laying off three firefighters and 1 or 2 cops....maybe its time to look elsewhere

Heard that statewide there's barely been any FF hiring going on over the last two years. Boston has supposedly hired only 5 ff's since summer 2002.And that is the biggest city by a mile! Layoff list is probably still huge. Tough times for anyone who wants that job and at 65 dollars a pop its an expensive practice.

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Posted by: RPD931

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Originally Posted by KozmoKramer @ Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:21 am … Why did I move north? ...... The ultra liberal politics?…

I don't think I would move over politics....

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Posted by: KozmoKramer

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Originally Posted by RPD931 @ Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:51 am I don't think I would move over politics....

Your probably right, in hindsight I wish I had thought it out a little more...
Oh well, that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger right? Yeah, right....

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Posted by: COLE

[quote]Heard that statewide there's barely been any FF hiring going on over the last two years. Boston has supposedly hired only 5 ff's since summer 2002.And that is the biggest city by a mile! Layoff list is probably still huge. Tough times for anyone who wants that job and at 65 dollars a pop its an expensive practice.

Not sure about other cities, but Newton put on about 15 in April, and they have another class in the academy now.

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Posted by: jmaz

I received mine the other day... 99 with no experience, veterens, nothin. I felt good after the test. The worst part was waiting for the damn thing to finally get here.

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Posted by: Sgt.berniedo

First cs test I took was for corrections officer, got a 93

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Posted by: ecpd402

I bombed 90 with vet status. I did score better on the MSP test in 2002 with a 98 as for the lost civil service police 89.

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