Meet CPAT Ready — Pass the CPAT on test day

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CPAT Ready

Pass the CPAT on test day

What CPAT Ready does

The Candidate Physical Ability Test is the gate between you and a fire service career: eight events, back to back, in ten minutes and twenty seconds, wearing a 50-pound vest. It opens with three minutes on a StepMill at 60 steps per minute under 75 pounds — and that stair climb eliminates more candidates than any other event. Twenty to thirty percent of first-timers fail. Miss by a few seconds and you can lose an entire hiring cycle.

CPAT Ready turns the official protocol into a training tool you take to the gym. Every event is broken down the way proctors run it: the course layout, the pass criteria, the most common way people fail it, and exactly how to train for it. No more guessing whether your gym session translates — the app knows what the test demands.

The stair climb gets special treatment. A built-in cadence metronome clicks at exactly 60 steps per minute with audio and haptics, a 3:00 countdown, and vest-weight ramp presets, so your StepMill sessions match the real thing long before test day. Single-event timers show you the benchmark you need to beat, and full-course simulation mode runs all eight events in sequence against the 10:20 clock, capturing per-event splits so you know precisely where your time goes.

Behind it all sits a 12-week periodized plan that counts backward from your actual test date: stair endurance, work capacity, grip, and drag strength, arranged in blocks the way fire service strength coaches program them. Check off workouts, log your sessions, and watch a readiness score climb as your splits close in on passing pace. When the date arrives, a test-day screen gives you the countdown, a gear checklist, and a pacing card for the course.

Everything works offline — in a concrete stairwell or a basement gym, no account, no ads. Whether it is your first attempt or the retake you refuse to fail, CPAT Ready makes sure the clock never surprises you again.

• All eight CPAT events with layouts, pass criteria, and failure points • StepMill cadence metronome at exactly 60 steps per minute • Single-event timers with pass benchmarks • Full-course 10:20 simulation with per-event splits • 12-week periodized plan anchored to your test date • Readiness score and weighted-vest progression tracking • Test-day countdown, checklist, and pacing card • Fully offline, no account, no ads

A look inside

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What's inside

• Eight-Event Guide — Every CPAT event — stair climb, hose drag, equipment carry, ladder raise, forcible entry, search, rescue drag, ceiling breach — broken down with course layout, pass criteria, the most common failure mode, and how to train it.
• StepMill Metronome — An audible and haptic cadence metronome locked at 60 steps per minute with a 3:00 event countdown and vest-weight ramp presets, so StepMill sessions replicate the real opening event.
• Timed Simulations — Single-event timers that show the benchmark to beat, plus a full-course simulation that runs all eight events in sequence against the 10:20 clock and records per-event splits.
• 12-Week Plan — A periodized plan generated backward from the candidate's test date — stair endurance, work capacity, grip, and drag strength blocks — with checkable workouts and session logging.
• Readiness Score — Rolls logged sessions, vest progression, and simulation splits into a 0-100 readiness score against event benchmarks, so the candidate knows if their pace would pass before the real clock starts.
• Test Day — Countdown to the scheduled test date, a gear and logistics checklist, and a pacing card summarizing target splits for the course.

Why we built it

The CPAT fails 20-30% of first-time candidates (female pass rates as low as 40-60%), the stair climb eliminates more people than any other event, and the only prep material is static PDFs and $150+ geography-locked practice runs — nothing encodes the 8-event 10:20 protocol, the 60-step/min cadence, or pass benchmarks…

What makes it different

The incumbents are the FCTC and IAFF static PDF prep guides (no timers, no cadence tool, no tracking), $150+ in-person practice runs capped at two attempts and locked to a few regional sites, and coach-led subscription programs (Fire Rescue Fitness, MTN Tactical, Firefighter Furnace FDX) that cost far more, require on…

Who it's for

Anyone who wants honest tracking without a coach, a subscription, or a streak guilting them at 11pm.

In one line: Pass the CPAT on test day

Try it

See the Pass the CPAT on test day for the full feature list, the info table, and support links.

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