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Just took my and passed the 2nd time around! Here are so tips, and as everyone else said on here. Stairs: Walk up the stairs when you have equipment in hand, don’t run! This will only make you tired. “Fast walk down the stairs, this is literally the one section you have a good amount of time. After, you have (5min) to carry all the equipment back down, take your time! You will get a 3min resting period before the next event, take it! Ladder: I would say the is the one event you have to move and move quick. The key here is sprint between each section, sprint to place down the ladder, get to the pull and hand over hand, sprint back to the ladder and sprint it back in place. (I put my hands on the orange tape, and aimed the “two blue” tapes for the pole, you’ll know what I am taking about when you see it. Hose: Okay, yes, this one gets everyone! It did with me (almost) If you are right-handed, throw the hose over your right shoulder, and go WIDE on the turns. Once you feel resistance, PULL like SNAP the hose forward. I did this trick and got to the end without barely any resistance. Brech: Super easy, just use your body wight to slam the sludge hammer. Maze: This is SO easy, once the shut the door, keep your RIGHT hand on the wall and just follow it, you have ONE wall you must climb over, DO NOT TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THE WALL, RIGHT HAND ONLY! Rescue: They give you tons of options to do this, if you are short, I would suggest standing. Pull with your non-dominate hand and just move through. The bag is not heavy at all. Pike pole section: Okay, you made it to the final event you are tired, but guess what, you are almost done! You must get in 24 complete reps. On the pull down, go high with your hands, and use your body wight to pull it down. On the pike pole, use your hips and push up, keep pushing yourself, you are almost done! I would eat a good carb diet the night before and for breakfast the same, oatmeal, cereal, etc, hydrate the night before, don’t forget your water bottle, and wear KNEEPADS and non-slip gloves, I promise you, you won’t regret it. Any questions, or more tips, ask

I just took the exam a few hours ago. If you are out of shape you will not pass this course. Get a solid 6 months of training in focusing on endurance, explosiveness and just overall athleticism. I can answer any questions for future candidates.

Just took the ELPAT- passed all 7 events. This was my very first time, no preview. If you are a female feeling like this is unattainable- it absolutely is possible. I am 30 years old, 5'7, 145 pounds- I work full time as a teacher at the minute and am a mom of two. This wasn't easy, but wasn't the hardest thing I've done either. I don't have hours to devote to the gym and it still was doable. I play a lot of street hockey which definitely helped for the cardio endurance needed. For the last few months I have been lifting as heavy as possible in my basement for 30-40 minutes 4-5 days a week. But honestly, this was more about technique and general fitness than brute strength. Practice the events at home any way you can. Listen to the instructors and don't worry about anybody else. Two guys in front of me failed at least one event and I had to not let that get in my head. The ladder event is the most time sensitive- haul ass. They will let you use gloves on the weight pull down but bring ones that fit snug and are very grippy- mine were my husband's and were too big, which made it harder than if I did it bare-handed. The hose drag isn't as bad as people say- make sure you grab as close to the orange line as possible to wrap around you to make the length behind you as short as possible. They will let you wrap over your shoulder. Hug the outside wall to take the turns wide. Use your leg strength when you feel resistance and don't give up even if you don't start as well as you want. I had 20 seconds to spare when I finished and I had to adjust my stance at first. The 120lb drag was honestly easy, as was the maze and mallet event. The last event is tough but doable. The 60lb lift was way heavier than I thought and I thought I was screwed until I started putting the pole into my hip as leverage- which made it way easier. The 80lb pull down is on a lever mechanism so it really isn't too bad if you are lifting heavy for a while. I had a shit start, had to redo quite a few pull downs in the first minute and struggled with the 60lb pound weight until I found the technique that worked for me, and I still passed with a bit of time to spare. Good luck to all!

Idk I feel I could do this test with no training

Got mine in 2 weeks any tips guys? I know physically fit.

Took mine today. Very respectful and professional instructors.

When do I run the 1.5 mile, crunches, and push ups? The website makes it seem like I do this PAT and the ELPAT in the same day. I’m confused.

Took the exam earlier this week. Scored a 7/7. Im 5”7 195 pounds and not exactly lean but not fat either and goto the gym at least 3 days a week with little cardio involved. If you know you are extremely out of shape you need to start hitting the gym months before hand. I saw two people throw up. One was a very large man and the other was a skinny guy. Personally I’ve never thrown up doing anything physical since I wrestled and played rugby in high school and college. Control your breathing throughout the test and haul ass except for the first event. Walk up the stairs and run down. The instructors are very helpful and I’d recommend asking questions before you start an event if you think you can do something easier for you but doesn’t break any rules. IE not crawling for maze

I did mine today, got 6/7 . It’s pretty physically exhausting. Even the ones you think may be easier than others will burn you out

I think I passed not totally sure tho the only event I didn’t do was the last one cause I puked be in shape the guy grading my paper said I passed and you only need to complete and pass 2 events has anyone heard anything about this

is this the exam you take a couple weeks after the written civil service exam?

Got the call for my town FD. Did this over a year ago. You must be in shape for this. I watched 2 people fail due to exhaustion, puking and almost passing out. This is the exact video they show you prior to the PAT. Cardio and endurance training should be your focus, some strength but not too much required. It’s more a draining fatigue training. I train mma and wrestle. I was in the middle of a training camp for a tournament and got thru this no problem. It was light work and I went to practice afterwards. Not bragging just giving you an idea of where you need to be for this to be done quickly, with not much fatigue and get a high score. Get thru the events quickly, it pays to be a winner that’s all I’ll say. They want to see you do well, don’t show up cold off the couch. It’s disrespectful to the people working the facility, running the training, other people taking the test. Most importantly have some self respect and take care of your health, don’t be that guy/gal. Good luck to everyone.

Thanks guys! 💪🇺🇸

Just passed this today. A few tips: 1) Stair climb: Walk up and run down. You have plenty of time. Use the hand rails on the way down to go faster. Return two items at a time and you’ll easily have 3 minutes to rest. 2) Ladder: HAUL ASS. Of all the events I’d say this is the most time sensitive. Just be very aware of placement in the box and run between spots. 3) Hose Drag: Go as wide as possible and try to snap the hose forward to get as far into the bend before you start to really feel the resistance. You have plenty of time. Wear knee pads. 4)Door Breach: Super easy. The give you 15 seconds but honestly people do it in like 4. Just make sure you’re gripping down enough to get good leverage and swing with the body and not just the arms. 5) Search/maze: Again super easy. They give you 50 seconds but at a slow speed you’re doing it in 20. Just put your right hand on the middle of the side wall and you can’t not find your way out. Use this time to catch your breath. 6)Rescue/ body drag: Gotta be quick but not crazy fast. Pretty straight forward. Just be aware of placement so you don’t get caught up on corners. It’s light enough that you can just muscle it if necessary. 7) Overhaul/Pull Down: actually easier than it looks. By the time you get here you’re gassed. For the lift part, make sure you’re not under the door but rather at a 45° to it and just use the hips. For the pull down, grab as high as possible and just let your body weight bring it down. Don’t pull down with your upper body muscle. Aim for 8 reps the first minute and it’ll be cake after that. If you start a rep but don’t finish it when the one minute mark passes, they will let you finish it, so move quick to lift the plate if you feel the time is coming up. Eat a good well rounded breakfast 3 hours before the test. Don’t pound a bunch of water as that will bloat you. Lastly, Adrenalin will take you far in this. Be aware you’ll get real hitters before it’s go time. Rude it out and you’ll do fine. No matter what, don’t quit.

Where is the training for standing at a detail doing nothing? Pulling cars over for tiny infractions? Falsifying overtime ? Lying on police reports? Never seeing misconduct by a fellow officer...ever? Keep up the training 😂

Do they still make you do the elliptical ladder

So they're physically fit and mentally weak. Dumb as rocks when asked about our Constitutional rights. Ask them to recite the "Bill or Rights."😂🤣 They're clueless.

Hello, I want to improve my fitness because I will be a firefighter. What are the training tips for me as a firefighter? How many weights do you use in your training and what are the standards approved by you? Thank you.

Hello, I am wondering what weights are used in the exercise, how many kilograms ? ..

To add to previous experience comments; I, as well, just took this today. Though my instructors told me the amount of time or reps I had and passed them all, it was still a difficult test. The most important thing is endurance. Make sure you are fastly pacing yourself and are able to lift/drag/carry 40-50 pounds for multiple reps at a time with only 30-90 second rest periods

This PAT looks to be one of the most realistic test.

It’s much more updated now… lol

Just took it in 2024! Harder than the video shows, but not impossible! Make sure you pace yourself, there is no breaks unless you have time after the first event is over. good luck to all any questions feel free to ask!

not as easy as it seems make sure ur doing strength training and your cardio is at least ok

Shorter wall is sweet 🤣🤣 cuz equality.

I'm doing this on Monday morning. I'm a little nervous but confident. Not in the greatest shape, but I aint no slouch. Only thing that gives me pause is the last event. Wish me luck!

Glad I already passed this and don’t have to do it again 😅

Just passed yesterday 12/22/23, went 7/7. I gotta say though, as a "gymrat" who thought this was gonna be a breeze, it's much harder than it looks and I thought it was going to be. If you aren't training for strength and endurance, you definitely should get yourself to a gym ASAP. It's doable, but really the only rest you have is after the first Stair's event, and after that you get minimal (30-60 seconds) rest before the remaining activities. Tips: Don't gas yourself in the Stair's event. You need to try and save yourself for the final event, the "Overhaul" event. The overhaul event is by far the most strenuous, you will be tired before beginning and you need to get 24 reps to pass it. I got 6 reps every set, I really pushed myself mentally to get through it. For reference, I'm a male, 5'5, and 160lbs. I'm quite strong for my size from bodybuilding/powerlifting, but being short here definitely made it harder. There were some tall guys over 6' that flew through this event because they could practically touch the ceiling to begin with HAHA. The maze was fun and was a breeze. You get 50 seconds, it took me 30, and I thought I was going slow when I was in the depths of the dark. Put your right hand on the wall and do a up/down waving motion and just plow forward, at no point will you be turned around, it's basically a one-way path you just have to navigate corners and small bumps. The ladder event is the MOST time sensitive. I think you get 35 seconds to complete it, it took me 32. And I RAN. It's fairly easy to do, you just have to be quick. The hose drag I'd say is also one of the harder ones. You can't really tell in the video but at the two corners you go around the hose gets extremely tight and hard to pull. Thankfully, I'm an aggressive fucker, and I made it through. Be aggressive around the corners and throw that thing forward. When you get to the end turn and face the hose and pull it like a row, instead of what they show in the video pushing it forward. (you are allowed to do it any way you'd like and pulling will be faster than pushing) Hopefully this helped any of you. Feel free to ask me any specific questions. This is a challenge of your mental toughness. You can do it. Believe in yourself and tell yourself you got this, that's literally the only reason I got 24 reps on overhaul. I was GASSED by my 4th set but knew I only needed 6 more reps, I forgot about everything and went crazy!

Just passed the test definitely not super hard but cardio training definitely helps not as scary as it looks

Took mine today and passed. Ask me anything!

I took my test 6 days ago and yesterday I received an email telling me to prepare for the physical ability test 🎉

Pretty cool! Should do it packs on tho

Bro it's torture cuffs.

I am particularly impressed with some Fat guy timing them.

This video helped a lot, I scored 7/7.

Can anyone tell me how much the weighted vest and the weighted bag for the drag event both weigh?? Thankyou

Easiest PAT ever.

One of my biggest issues in the hose pull was my feet and knees kept slipping and I couldn't get any grip. Any suggestions?

Got a 95 on the test. Congrats to all that passed and good luck moving forward

I just finished my ELPAT a few hours ago. Everything is exactly like in the video, and as others have said they show you this exact video when you show up. To ease some of your minds, if you consider yourself to be in okay shape then you will pass this test. You don't need to be able to run a marathon to do this. For you bigger guys your muscles won't help you much at all for any of the exercises, so incorporate some more cardio into your workouts. If you are especially small or especially big then this test may prove to be humbling. When you show up you wait in line above the testing area and you watch people test for like an hour. You get to see people do it over and over, it almost feels like you've done it already before you do it . For specific advice: Stair climb: Just walk up the stairs. Don't run there's no extra points for getting 1st place. It's pass fail. Literally just walk up and down the stairs. Ladder event: It's quick yes but it's not super quick. Just sprint in between and you will make the time. I actually had to run back over cause my ladder was out of the yellow markers, even with the extra sprint I still passed, and I'm not the quickest. I wish I had brought gloves for the rope but it was fine. Hose Drag: Honestly people over hyped this one, just crawl through and don't stop. It won't gas you out. This will only be hard if you're an especially small person. When you get to the end just face the hose, you'll get more leverage that way pulling it out. Forcible Entry: this is the one it seemed everyone passed (most people passed everything). Just whack it! Gloves would've helped here too. Search: this is not a maze, it's a one way tunnel. Put your hand on the wall and crawl through, there is a part when you have to crawl over a 6 inch bump. Don't mistake that for a wall, make sure to feel around so you don't miss it. (I didn't miss it, though I had heard stories). Rescue: Kind of awkward but you just pull the thing through. Most of the more fit applicants flew threw this in 15 seconds, you get like 30+ seconds to do it, why rush? Ceiling hook: yes its tiring but I guarantee once you start you'll realize it looks heavier than it is. Use your legs in this, you can literally just squat with the bar and it will go up and down. If you're doing it right the pumping motion should feel like a breeze. All comes from your legs. Hope this helps, I'll answer questions, but to be honest I'm writing this to give people confidence that this test is not as hard as the commenters may lead you to believe!! Go in with a positive attitude and think of it as an involuntary weird CrossFit exercise!

Smoke checked that test today- had minor stumbles but passed all stations. On first event, take the items down two at a time when you're done. That'll give you ample time to rest/get your heart rate down before ladder event (if you fail ladder event somethings wrong with you). Another tip would be for the drag event , don't just hold the rope to pull. I found it way easier to grab the top of the seabag and to drag the weight that way. On the blackout tunnel , there's a part where you gotta climb over a piece of wood (few inches tall). I assumed at first that it was a barrier you couldn't pass. For ceiling hook, I first made mistake of choking up too high on pole and wasting strength to lift- instead spread your hands out and use entire pole for leverage. If you're a smoker, put down the butts/vape for a couple weeks or else youll be in for a long day. Also rub one out or get a bj the night prior to get your mind right

Test was very tiring I got 6/7 losing the ladder test for going too slow also I hadn’t seen it anywhere but you wear a 25 pound vest while doing the test

Couple tips…pace yourself in first event, no need to rush with the amount of your given…take the corners wide in hose drag so you won’t lose momentum…keep one hand on the wall in search event. Everything else is straightforward

At least with this test your in a relatively new facility and not a gym from 1915…but man, the training uniforms need serious updating…

Anyone took the test recently ?.

Just knocked this test out, the test happens exactly as this video shows, you actually watch this video again before the test starts, administrators are really pulling for you

Just passed this test yesterday, Honestly it’s not as bad as people say it is if you experience physical trauma before like hence playing for sports teams or going to the gym, this will be no problem. I will say though in terms of the maze part it’s easy just stick to the left side and hold one hand or both hands on the walls and you’ll find your way, look for the light at the end of the maze and you got it!!!!

Do they drug test at this event ?

Just did mines today. Could not get past the last event! I was too winded. So my advice to you would be to get your cardio up! If your stamina is not on point you will fail. I am by no means a fat dude at all and have worked out all my life but always struggled with stamina! Happy to answer any questions

Just took the exam today. Got 6/7 in terms of score with my only downfall coming from the last event, needing 24 reps and I got 22 reps. The course is challenging, and is harder than it looks! Be sure to be over prepared for the test, the ladder event goes very fast so be sure to get that one done quickly, the rest I recommend pacing yourself. The last event I would recommend only shooting for 6 reps per 1 minute interval. In the last 1 minute interval, go all out and shoot for more than 6. Bring water, and if you would like to then bring knee pads. Good luck to everyone!