The city has launched a firefighter recruitment drive with applications opening February 14. For more see here.
Deadline to Apply: March 13, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST*
Apply online at Connecticut Fire Academy for Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT): https://portal.ct.gov/CFPC/Candidate-Physical-Ability-Test
The written exam is tentatively scheduled for:
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Saturday, April 2, 2022
From Communications Director Rowena White:
We are very proud of the prior campaign that targeted women and diverse individuals and spoke in great detail about the significance of being a Bridgeport resident and/or serving the Bridgeport community. We are just as proud of the current campaign and its status.
It is our hope that more women consider becoming a firefighter for their career path–we believe the campaign provides inspiration.
2019 Bridgeport Entry Level Firefighter information:
— 39 hired from the established list
— 37 were Bridgeport residents
— 3 females hired (out of the 26 who applied)
— Of the 14 white males hired, 12 were Bridgeport residents
— 23 hires were minority (not counting the 3 minority females, so really, 26 total, two thirds of the hires.
— Of the 26 women who passed the written exam, 13 were minority
Eric M. Amado, the city’s new Personnel Director is doing the same thing that the past Personnel Director David Dunn did with this new firefighter recruitment drive that has denied white women, Hispanic women, black women or women of any other ethnic group for the past years. Why would Eric M. Amado use the firefighter recruitment drive? Eric, how many females were hired from the last recruitment? The recruitment video shows a black female Lieutenant Moore. Well, Lieutenant Moore didn’t take this exam to get hire, Moore placed 1st on the entry level firefighter another black female placed #14, both of these women have gone in the fire department and passed other exams moving up. The question that no one from the city has ever answered is why the city changed a testing system that worked, Lieutenant Moore proves that point, so why did David Dunn make the change and why didn’t anybody see that qualify women in Bridgeport were not being hired.
These will be an absolute FAILURE for hiring females, black and Hispanic males. Just read for yourself what is require. Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) will eliminate women just like it all of the past entry level firefighters’ exams, don’t believe me just let the Personnel Director, Eric Amado, show us what the pass/fail rate for women to white males on the CPAT exam. Lieutenant Moore, the black female in video DID NOT have to take or pass the CPAT to become a Bridgeport firefighter yet she pass the entry level exam placing 1st then she pass the Lieutenant exam, so what does CPAT bring to the table, nothing but discrimination and Eric Amado has no problem with that and neither does Mayor Joe Ganim. Now we need to start a Gg-Fund Me Fund to cover the $175 for the CPAT class.
APPLICATION OPENS: FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Deadline to Apply: March 13, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST*
Apply online at Connecticut Fire Academy for Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT): Click here!
The written exam is tentatively scheduled for:
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Candidate Physical Ability Testing (CPAT)
CPAT 5-Day Program – $175 IN-STATE & $200 OUT OF STATE
CPAT Special Session – $125 IN-STATE & $150 OUT OF STATE
Please use the link below to sign up on line.
Click “find more classes” to see the full list.
https://ctlms-cfa.ct.gov
CPAT Spring 2022 Sessions Update
Registration for the Fall 2021 CPAT sessions are now closed. Spring 2022 CPAT registrations will open February 01, 2022. The Orientation sessions for 5-day CPAT will commence the latter part of March 2022 and the first opportunity to test will be in late April 2022. In addition, during the month of May 2022, there will be several “one and done / special sessions” also posted on the web site. CPAT special sessions are intended for those who have previously passed CPAT and want to maintain a current CPAT card. They are not intended as a short-cut for first time CPAT candidates, however, a small percentage of first timers pass the test based on their preparation and training. Please direct any questions to Joseph Nadeau at joseph.nadeau@ct.gov or call 860-264-9268.
Ron, stats provided by the city:
2019 Bridgeport Entry Level Firefighter information:
39 hired from the established list
37 were Bridgeport residents
3 females hired (out of the 26 who applied)
Of the 14 white males hired, 12 were Bridgeport residents
23 hires were minority (not counting the 3 minority females, so really, 26 total, two thirds of the hires.
Of the 26 women who passed the written exam, 13 were minority
Lennie, thanks for the numbers from the City. Unfortunately there’s nothing to compare them with to show what has happen in past entry level exams. What was the pass/fail numbers of that 2019 exam from all of those who TOOK exam? The CPAT will always keep women out, always, no one has ever said why the city made the change to using CPAT when in the past women were always getting hired in great numbers. Lieutenant Moore, the black female in video DID NOT have to take or pass the CPAT to become a Bridgeport firefighter yet she passes the entry level exam placing 1st then she passes the Lieutenant exam, so what does CPAT bring to the table, nothing. Using CPAT is a local political decision, Hartford and New Haven do NOT use CPAT, Hartford used it for one exam and then they got rid of it because of the failure rate of women. What does Hartford and New Haven know that Bridgeport doesn’t know? There is a law or anything legal that makes Bridgeport to use CPAT, nothing. Personnel Director, Eric Amado does not seem to understand that the Bridgeport Fire Department has a history of racial discrimination in both hiring exams and promotions.
Lennie, Donald Day and I have been retired from the BFD for 20 years, we are both black men and there is nothing that we can get and benefit from the hiring of white, Hispanic and black women to become Bridgeport firefighters, nothing. We became firefighters because others push the doors open for us to have a chance to become firefighters, people, we didn’t even know. We understand that we have a duty and responsibility to repay those who helped us, so we do that by helping blacks to get hired and in doing so it opens the doors for all females.