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Permalink Reply by Lou Sclafani on May 14, 2010 at 11:08am

Pinellas County is moving towards making this our standard. Don't have the number but look up Pinellas Technical Education Center or PTEC in St. Petersburg. Ask for Chief Lanning. He is administering it. Good Luck.

Permalink Reply by Charlie Lee on July 21, 2010 at 7:57pm

I've taken the test in Boca Raton, and also at PBCC:

http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/fire/cpat.shtm
http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/x6454.xml

Call the phone numbers on those sites for info on dates.

As far as preparation, just be sure you're ok with 3:20 seconds of climbing stairs with 75lbs on you, then doing work for about 5-7 minutes more with a 50lb vest on. Basically cardio, and heavy lifting in the gym will help prepare. There's some techniques to help you as well, like on the last portion of the test, grip the pike pole close to your body and use you legs to push up instead of your arms. Good luck to you!