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Women and Fire­fight­ing Aus­trala­sia (WAFA) and FRN­SW are host­ing Phys­i­cal Apti­tude Test (PAT) infor­ma­tion days for women inter­est­ed in becom­ing fire­fight­ers.
Ses­sions are 3 hours in dura­tion and will include hands-on inter­ac­tion with the PAT task course fol­lowed by a strength and con­di­tion­ing work­shop focus­ing on effec­tive phys­i­cal prepa­ra­tion for the PAT. Places are lim­it­ed, so sign up today to secure your place.

Impor­tant Infor­ma­tion for Participants:

• · You must be ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed against COVID19 in-order to attend (cer­tifi­cate of vac­ci­na­tion required)

• · You must pro­vide evi­dence of a neg­a­tive COVID19 test with­in 72 hours of arrival, or you will need to have RAT on arrival to gain entry.

• You must have read and under­stood all the infor­ma­tion on this page.

• You must com­plete a Phys­i­cal Activ­i­ty Readi­ness Ques­tion­naire (PAR‑Q) pri­or to par­tic­i­pat­ing and bring with you on the day. Your PAR‑Q will be cit­ed by FRN­SW on the day.

• Bring stan­dard gym/​exercise clothes, includ­ing jog­gers, water and towel.
• Bring leather-style rig­gers gloves (pic­tured below).

• Only PAT Infor­ma­tion Day par­tic­i­pants may attend these events i.e. no bystanders, fam­i­ly or friend
• Cost: $20 + Event­bright fee or;
• $40 for PAT Fam + WAFA 12mth membership

Loca­tion

Fire and Res­cue NSW Emer­gency Ser­vices Academy

1 – 5 Dis­tri­b­u­tion Drive 

Orchard Hills, NSW 2748 

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Note: There is no park­ing onsite. All atten­dees will need to park on Dis­tri­b­u­tion Drive. 

PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARRIVE AT GATE 1, 30 MINS PRI­OR TO THE START TIME TO ALLOW FOR THE FOLLOWING:

PRI­OR TO ENTRY

Fire and Res­cue NSW is com­mit­ted to ensur­ing the health and safe­ty of every­one who enters our sites and are proac­tive in reduc­ing the risks of COVID-19 trans­mis­sion. Risk man­age­ment pro­ce­dures are in place for staff and vis­i­tors who attend Fire and Res­cue NSW Sta­tions, work sites, train­ing facil­i­ties and offices. 

Upon arrival at our Emer­gency Ser­vices Academy, you will be required present proof you are ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed against COVID-19 and under­go a Rapid Anti­gen Test (RAT) if you test pos­i­tive you will be asked to leave the premis­es imme­di­ate­ly.

Please ensure you bring a face mask as you will be required to wear this when check­ing in.

If any of the fol­low­ing applies to you at the time of your appoint­ment, please do not attend this sched­uled appointment and can­cel your Eventbrite Tick­et to free the spot for anoth­er candidate:

You have been test­ed for COVID-19 in the past 14 days or are cur­rent­ly await­ing COVID-19 test results. 

• You are expe­ri­enc­ing flu-like symptoms. 
• You have been in close con­tact with a con­firmed case of COVID-19, some­one who is dis­play­ing flu like symp­toms, is cur­rent­ly being test­ed or await­ing COVID-19 results in the last 14 days