County of San Diego: Emergency Medical Services

Please accept debt or credit. The only person I know that pays by check is my grandmother.

I’m glad they’re here, but the communication between the staff is 100% incompetent. Called to verify what I needed to bring in for a renewal, when I get there with the requested documentation, they say none of my paperwork is acceptable. This exact scenario seems to happen every 2 years I have to visit for renewal, which makes this particular time visit #4 with the exact same outcome as before. One person will tell you one thing while the other claims «inaccurate.» Time for all to get on the same page people!

Getting into the EMS field is a bureaucratic cluster fuck, but thankfully, the people at San Diego EMS make the process much easier to understand and much more bearable.
They were very helpful when I contacted them about getting registered as an EMT in San Diego county. They even emailed me all the steps I needed to take and how/​where to get them done — hell, they even answered all my stupid questions like whether or not I had to mail a copy of my live scan to the department of justice.
After I jumped all the bureaucratic loops, the staff here is super quick and made the last loop very pleasant and I was in and out in five minutes with my San Diego license.
I’m definitely glad that EMS isn’t anywhere close to the bureaucratic mess that the DMV is. Only downside is that they’re ridiculously hard to find…