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2. National Firefighter Selection Inventory - Wikipedia

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   The National Firefighter Selection Inventory - NFSI, is a national entry-level examination that was developed as an alternative to conventional firefighter written entrance examinations. It was developed by IOS, Inc. or Industrial/Organizational Solutions Inc, referred to as IOS in the 2009 United States Supreme Court case, Ricci v.

3. Candidate Physical Ability Test - Wikipedia

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   The Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) is the standard assessment for measuring an individual's ability to handle the physical demands of being a firefighter. [1] The CPAT is a timed test that measures whether candidates are physically able to do eight separate tasks, designed to mirror essential job functions that firefighters would be ...

4. Ricci v. DeStefano - Wikipedia

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   "IOS compiled a list of training manuals, Department procedures, and other materials to use as sources for the test questions and received approval from the New Haven fire chief and assistant fire chief. Then, using the approved sources, IOS drafted a 100 question multiple-choice test written below a 10th-grade reading level. The City then ...

5. Durham will pay $1M to firefighter applicants rejected by ...

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   The test began being used in 2015.

6. Firefighter - Wikipedia

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   A firefighter (or fire fighter or fireman) is a first responder trained in firefighting, primarily to control and extinguish fires that threaten life and property, as well as to rescue persons from confinement or dangerous situations. Male firefighters are sometimes referred to as firemen (and, less commonly, female firefighters as firewomen ...

7. Intel's $7.86 billion US subsidy deal restricts its ability ...

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   Intel said on Wednesday its deal for $7.86 billion in U.S. government subsidies restricts the company's ability to sell stakes in its chipmaking unit if it becomes an independent entity. The U.S ...

8. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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   Firefighting jargon includes a diverse lexicon of both common and idiosyncratic terms. One problem that exists in trying to create a list such as this is that much of the terminology used by a particular department is specifically defined in their particular standing operating procedures, such that two departments may have completely different terms for the same thing.

9. Shock, questions after Fullerton plane crash kills 2, injures 19

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   Kim, a clinical nurse with 16 years of experience, said she continued to work as firefighters, paramedics and others arrived. “I think they allowed us to continue to help because they were ...