FORT SMITH -- The Police Department will allow job applicants to be exempt from the physical agility test, as long as they have been certified and employed by a law enforcement agency within the past ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Prospective firefighters took agility tests in Louisville on Tuesday morning to see if they had the physical prowess to take on the job. First, candidates went through an ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Do you have a desire to become a firefighter or to test your physical abilities? On Saturday, September 16, at 8 a.m. the Cape Girardeau Fire Department is holding a ...

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)-- Wednesday, Pueblo Police Department officer hopefuls participated in a physical agility test (PAT). This was the first step in the process to become an officer after someone ...

SIOUX CITY -- One hundred candidates will test their physical agility in the coming weeks in an effort to become Sioux City firefighters. The Candidate Physical Agility Test, or CPAT, is a sequence of ...

The Baraboo Fire Department held a new recruit “boot camp” on Thursday as part of an on-going hiring process. The physical agility test, which tests the recruits strength and stamina while performing ...

The police department is starting to sweat about the number of recruits for its next class, after it hemorrhaged hundreds of applicants in the very first step: the physical fitness test. Roughly half ...

Firefighter candidates across the nation must now pass a physical agility test which requires three minutes of hands free stairclimbing while wearing a 75 pound vest. Firefighter candidates across the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A mother is asking for changes at the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department after her son died after a physical agility test. Kayla Edmond said her son, 23-year-old Brelande ...

A 40-year-old firefighter/EMT candidate from Ormond Beach died Friday after completing a physical agility test with Flagler County Fire Rescue. Officials said Fendrick Gabaud, who had recently ...