Current firefighter testing guidance plus careful fitness, recovery, medical, heat-safety, and supplement education for Canadian candidates.
Map OFAI’s FACT, hearing, vision, treadmill, FPAT and technical-skills stages—then separate those certificates from a municipality’s later hiring process.
Vacation training does not require punishment workouts. Use a minimum-viable week that protects useful capacity, recovery and the habit of showing up.
Creatine may support repeated high-intensity work, but the firefighter-specific evidence is small and it never replaces conditioning, hydration, recovery or medical care.
CPAT and OFAI’s FPAT test firefighter-related physical abilities in different formats. The posting—not social-media shorthand—decides which one matters.
