Hey everybody, today I'm here with Justin Baker
the Chief of Training here at Rocky Ridge Fire Department
and we're going to be talking about the CPAT test
can you tell me a little bit about CPAT?
Sure, CPAT stands for Candidate Physical Ability Test
and you have to have the CPAT test to be able to go into recruit school here in Alabama
it's comprised of 8 different events it's a total of 10 minutes and 20 seconds
CPAT is recognized throughout the country
it's designed through the IAFF which is the International Association of Firefighters
and the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
that makes it valid and reliable and you can take this CPAT certificate anywhere across the country and it will be recognized
All right, so tell me what do I need to bring on test day?
Really, the only thing that you have to bring is you have to have some type of closed-toe shoe
whether that's tennis shoes or work boots whatever you feel comfortable working in
and then long pants those pants could be work pants,
jeans, you know, sweat pants, jogging pants something like that
the equipment that we provide is going to be the weight vest it's a 50 pound weight vest
we also provide the helmet the helmet is a Petzl climbing helmet
it's pretty lightweight and versatile so it's not too cumbersome when you're wearing it
we provide the work gloves but a lot of people will bring their own work gloves
and we recommend that just so we know that they fit properly and they're more comfortable with those
all right Karry, so you're going to start out on the step mill
we're going to place these shoulder weights on you they're 12 and 1/2 pounds each, on each shoulder
so we'll go ahead and place those on each shoulder
so a 50 pound vest and 12 and 1/2 on each shoulder makes it 75 pounds
once you get up on the step mill try to stay up towards the top of it
you'll have a 20 second warm-up period but after that, the time will actually start
and then you'll have a remaining 3 minutes to go on the step mill
during that 20-second warm-up period it's really used to get your footing and get comfortable
you can hold onto the rails during that 20-second warm-up period
first is 50 steps per minute and then 60 steps per minute after the warm-up period
that's correct and then once the warm-up period is over with
you can't touch the rails any more
you get two warnings and after the second warning you fail the test
all right so this part of the test is over with we'll take the shoulder weights off of you
you'll finish the rest of the test with a 50 pound vest, the gloves, and the helmet
alright so once you step down we'll go straight out the man-door straight to the hose drag
so this is the hose drag portion you're simply just going to pick up the nozzle place it over your shoulder
it's got a mark on the hose that you can grab up to that point
we're going to pull it straight ahead and we're going to take a left around the barrel
keep in mind this is the only portion of the test that you can run in
you have to have at least one knee on the ground and you have to be behind the white line
and you'll pull the rest of the hose to you until you get to our second mark right there
and the second mark has to cross the line for the event to be over with
all right, so the next part of the test is the equipment carry
you have to take each piece of equipment down one at a time and set it on the ground
all right pick both pieces of equipment up and we'll walk to the cone and back
once you get back to the shelf place each piece of equipment on the ground
and place them on the shelf one at a time
all right, so the next event is a ladder raise
the first ladder you come to is going to be laying on the ground
you simply pick the ladder up, touching each rung it's on a pivot, and lay it against the wall
step to your left use the rope to raise the ladder all the way up
and then lower it down hand over hand you cannot let the rope slip on the way down
you have to have a certain number of feet in between each event (85 feet)
so we have to zigzag around the course a little bit to get the desired number of feet between each event
the next event is going to be the wall breech
you just have to be on this side of the wood block
you can have your foot against it you just can't have your foot on the wood block
this is simulating breaking into a door
okay, so the next event is the maze
as you can see it's just a horseshoe but it's got some obstacles inside the maze
it's designed to simulate like you're searching in a dark environment
so basically, you'll enter the maze right here
and then you'll exit the maze over here on this side
all right, so now you walk back inside the maze following the white line
okay, so this is the victim drag portion
you have to have at least one hand on one of the handles
you can carry it a couple of different ways or drag it a couple of different ways
you can have both hands on the handles or you can just drag it with one handle
but you have to drag the victim around the barrel and then come back and his feet have to cross this line
all right, so this is the last event of the test this is the ceiling breech
it's to simulate like you're pulling ceiling down inside of a structure fire
the pipe pole is going to be hanging right there for you
you have to be inside the white box or inside the white framework
you can't have one foot in, one foot out
this event you have to push up 3 times and down 5 times
you have to do 4 total sets of it and after the fourth set the test is complete
it has to go all the way up and all the way down
to count as a rep if you do a half rep and you don't go all the way up
or all the way down then you have to repeat that rep
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