Airdrie Fire Department: the aptitude stage
Airdrie Fire Department runs a multi stage firefighter recruitment process. Below is what the department's own page says about it, and how to prepare for the written aptitude stage.
The hiring stages
- Apply online
- Online aptitude testaptitude stage
- Panel interview
- Firefighting and medical skills assessment
- Fitness evaluation and VO2 max
- Reference and credential checks
- Medical assessment and treadmill
What the department publishes
The online aptitude stage is the Firefighter Aptitude and Character Test (FACT) together with a Comprehensive Examination Battery, at a fee of $35 USD stated on the department's page. Interviews and assessments are by invitation only after the online results, and out of province applicants may request a virtual interview. All front line firefighters are also registered paramedics. The stated VO2 max standard is 12 minutes 30 seconds.
Source: airdrie.ca.
The written stage is the FACT (Firefighter Aptitude and Character Test) test, published by Fire and Police Selection, Inc. (FPSI). In the shape of a FACT (Firefighter Aptitude and Character Test) sitting, with Northline's own questions.
How the lab prepares you
The lab holds 629 questions with a worked explanation on every one. It starts with a 24 question diagnostic that shows which areas cost you points, builds a daily plan from the result, and brings each mistake back on a later day as a fresh question on the same skill. It covers numerical, reading, mechanical, spatial, logic, memory and attention, situational reasoning, and an oral information briefing.