Firefighters CPAT test: Journalist takes it

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Posted: 9/16/2016 10:08:16 AM EDT

Pretty funny. When she says "I don't work out that much" most likely means "I don't work out." Her body language and expressions as the test progresses are hysterical.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UGauJRHlfs

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:13:42 AM EDT

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LMAO

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:22:43 AM EDT

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meh... 6 weeks of hitting the gym for about 45 minutes to an hour 4 - 5 days a week and she probably could have pulled it off.

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:23:17 AM EDT

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There goes her shot at three quarters...

Kharn

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:25:00 AM EDT

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But, but we're all equal....

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:30:11 AM EDT

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Lol, this. Equal pay for equal work, where's all the whiny feminists now?

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:30:31 AM EDT

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I know a bunch of firefighters that couldn't pass it

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:33:36 AM EDT

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Was that the mannequin from Backdraft?

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:34:29 AM EDT

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I got one!

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:36:29 AM EDT

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Good on her for showing how hard it is and sticking it out.

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:37:34 AM EDT

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Not guilty

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:39:19 AM EDT

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I wish ARFcom had a like button.

Stair stepper is the only real challenge. Technique makes several of the other events easier than they appear.

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:43:21 AM EDT

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That looks easier than some test

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:45:37 AM EDT

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Nice tittays

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:48:23 AM EDT

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Give her the job. Make it so her entire list of job duties includes hanging around the station in PT garb (two sizes to small) and making sammiches.

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:49:43 AM EDT

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lol. Little eye opener for her..

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:50:35 AM EDT

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I'd like to see some Arfcommers try it

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:51:48 AM EDT

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x2

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:51:55 AM EDT

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Stair stepper is the only real challenge. Technique makes several of the other events easier than they appear.

Oh yeah. We use a Keiser to show just how important technique is.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:07:50 AM EDT

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She be built for spinning not working.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:08:02 AM EDT

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What was she initially trying to prove? What was her angle?

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:09:32 AM EDT

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Hell yeah. She's a good sport, honest, and didn't turn it into a feminist rant.

You go, girl

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:21:53 AM EDT

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Yep, and she looked good doing it.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:26:37 AM EDT

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okay she's cute, that test looks annoying

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:28:22 AM EDT

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I thought she actually did fairly well all things considered. Hell, I probably would have had a heart attack on the stairs.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:32:11 AM EDT

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She is very cute, and i wanna try that test, just for shits and giggles.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:33:57 AM EDT

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CPAT is a joke.

They made the FDNY switch to this because too many people couldn't pass their physical.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:36:29 AM EDT

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This...

We had a Lt that we had to administer O2 to after he took it!

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:37:31 AM EDT

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I've seen plenty of guys fail that test. The 75lb weight vest is no joke on the stair climber. That alone usually weeds out the fatties. Usually there's no in between...guys fail on the first event or they make it through all of them.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:38:24 AM EDT

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Can you nag someone to death wearing a SCOTT?

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:58:17 AM EDT

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It is, but it's also pretty well designed compared to some other job tests.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:59:49 AM EDT

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It's at least related to firefighting activities though. Better than a few sites ups and push ups.

Posted: 9/16/2016 12:00:31 PM EDT

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Voice boxes. . .

Posted: 9/16/2016 12:02:19 PM EDT

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This.

Posted: 9/16/2016 12:25:51 PM EDT

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When I was her age, I could have done that test twice.

Today?

Posted: 9/16/2016 12:31:15 PM EDT

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The rescue dummy only weighs 165?

I guess structure fires only happen in places like Bangladesh.

Posted: 9/16/2016 12:31:37 PM EDT

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Lol, this. Equal pay for equal work, where's all the whiny feminists now?

Can you nag someone to death wearing a SCOTT?

Voice boxes. . .

Voice Amp, but it sounds all high pitched and nasaly. Good thing it has a on/off switch.

Posted: 9/16/2016 1:16:15 PM EDT

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Lets see her take the arduous wild land FF test.

Posted: 9/16/2016 1:23:29 PM EDT

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It doesn't look that hard.

Posted: 9/16/2016 1:41:53 PM EDT

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First year I got a red card, they delayed the pack test because people had died doing it.

Posted: 9/16/2016 1:48:15 PM EDT

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With a rack like that I think she should get a waiver

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Posted: 9/16/2016 1:50:32 PM EDT

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I never took the CPAT and all of our rookies told me how hard it was, especially the stairs. That did not look hard. I'm retired and I could pass the test in the video right now. Did they leave something out? Is there a height/weight adjustment or something?

My first physical agility test way back in the early eighties required that you wear long pants and boots. All events were timed. The first event consisted of picking up the dummy, carrying it up 3 (maybe 4) flights of stairs in the tower, place the dummy gently on the ground in the designated space, hand over hand hose bundle raise to the balcony and then lower it back to the ground, pick up the dummy and take it downstairs placing it gently on the ground in the designated space. Then the timer stopped. Failure to gently place the victim in the designated space resulted in a
fail BUT you could retake the event immediately from the beginning. Then on to the second event.

Other departments tests involved timed 1.5 mile runs, 100 yard sprints, wall obstacles, ladder raises, ladder climbs, aerial ladder climbs, dry hose pulls, charged hose drags, timed swims, timed obstacle courses and much more. Every test was different and tailored to the requirements of the individual departments.

eta And I had to walk to work, barefoot, in the snow, uphill. Both ways.

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:02:36 PM EDT

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LOL.

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:11:22 PM EDT

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You get what you pay for.

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:15:33 PM EDT

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Passed it many times. Unfortunately I had colleagues who wouldn't have had a prayer if they had been forced to retake it.

Posted: 9/16/2016 10:20:18 PM EDT

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I would be willing to provide her with additional hands on training.....

56, still on the job, I think I could pass that.

Not as hard as the Combat Challenge I took to get hired.

Posted: 9/16/2016 11:44:42 PM EDT

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I've seen some huge fatties trudge their way through that too. As others have pointed out, I've also seen some leave in an ambo.

One of the only times I've been beat on the pack test was by a 120lb chick. She was a fellow hotshot, and she is insanely strong.

Posted: 9/17/2016 12:26:20 AM EDT

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You get what you pay for.

I know 100k a year guys that can't. I make $9.50 an hour. I can.

Posted: 9/17/2016 9:39:52 AM EDT

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For about 3 years I was on a dept that was about 25% female.

Workouts were mandatory each shift and a great gym was provided.

2 times a year everyone did the combat challenge.

The fastest female was always slower than the slowest male.

Average male time, 3-4 minutes.

Average female time, 12-15 minutes.