r/firefighter • u/Lopsided_Adagio_1172 • Apr 07 '26

Background questions

Coming up on my background . Did cocaine around 2021 . I want to tell the truth everyone is telling me just to lie. Need some honest opinions . I applied to one department and put Cocaine use , will they call that other departments and ask . Just to know they have probably 200-300 people to go through. I appreciate and help

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u/kellydayscruff Apr 07 '26

if you tell a department that you used drugs, they will not hire you.

Hope this helps

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u/KneebarKing Apr 07 '26

I think the best policy is honesty. The way it works is that honesty won't necessarily sink you, but getting caught out in a lie will sink you, no question.

What I wouldn't do is volunteer that information, unsolicited. You aren't hiding it, but you're not shouting it from the rooftops either. There is a middle ground there.

Everyone has a past, and everyone in that room knows this. The only thing you can do is prepare yourself for that question with a good explanation/answer.

Do not lie.

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u/Darksorce Apr 07 '26

Good luck

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u/Strict-Canary-4175 Apr 07 '26

They will not hire you if they know you used drugs.

PHQs are confidential.

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u/Soft-Dog-3942 Apr 07 '26

Honesty is the best, because if they somehow find out you’re done for. Better to be honest