The Menlo Park Fire Protection District has announced plans to hire over the next year up to 10 entry-level firefighters who are also emergency medical technicians or paramedics. Chief Harold Schapelhouman said that the district took applications for 300 emergency medical technician/firefighter positions, reaching that maximum in just over two hours. The district also allowed up to 300 applications for paramedic/firefighter positions, but received only 234 applications over 11 days.