Firefighters showed off a new training facility in Dublin on Wednesday, one of only two in the country, where they can take a single physical ability test to qualify for a majority of departments.

When it comes to the selection and hiring of our next generation of firefighters, physical fitness should never be left to chance. The fireground doesn’t care how you look in uniform or what you bench ...

The Slocomb Fire/Rescue Department now administers the Candidacy Physical Ability Test, which is good news for area volunteer firefighters. “This is a big benefit for individuals who are currently ...

When Caitlin Clarkson Pereira was working to become a firefighter, she flew to Florida to train for the Candidate Physical Ability Test, or CPAT. Connecticut does not have a year-round facility where ...

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WTNH) — On paper, in a manual, it’s just training. But at the Connecticut Fire Academy- part of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection- there’s nothing make ...