Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Ex-fire union President Frank Ricci. The following opinion essay was submitted by Frank Ricci, a ...

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 ...

The Jamestown Fire Department is looking for a few good men and women to join their rank-and-file. Part of the process to earn a spot on a paid, professional, fire department is passing a Firefighter ...

BELVIDERE — The Belvidere fire department is working to increase the number of potential firefighter candidates despite not offering an essential exam. That exam is called the CPAT Testing. CPAT ...

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.