Controversial EBook Exposes Faults in Fire Department Testing



April 27, 2005 -- At one point in life, many of us imagined being a firefighter. The bright lights, loud sirens, and the embodiment of heroism, caught our imagination and inspired us. For some of us, this dream outlives childhood fantasy and drives us to embark on the long and winding road of the firefighter application process. Unfortunately, most people will not be able to realize this dream, because of irrelevant aspects of fire department testing.

Fact: Most applicants fail at least three or four times before they are hired; it's a highly competitive process.

In some ways this long process ensures that people who really want to be firemen get the job. Who else would go to these lengths However, it is also frustrating and riddled with outdated testing techniques, which to little or no degree, predict or measure the applicant's ability to perform. Sure the written test, physical agility, and interview are indispensable tools, and the psychological testing and polygraph have some value. The authors of this book, who prefer to remain anonymous, are not suggesting that they are abandoned altogether. "We would rather like to draw attention to how oversensitive some of the exclusionary criteria are for some of these tests".

Question: "Why do over 40% of applicants fail the psychological test Are they all crazy, unfit, or a danger to themselves or others What about the polygraph Why is it used when it is not even admissible in the court of law"

There are polygraph and psychological experts all over the world, who attest to the misuse of these techniques, and provide convincing evidence. Some of them are authors in this book. They acknowledge that having to interview hundreds of candidates for two jobs, is an expensive and time consuming process and realize that there must be some standard to ensure the integrity of the field. They simply raise the question "Why use tests that are so indirectly, if at all, related to being a firefighter".

This book has been designed to remedy this problem. Pass Fire Test, is an E-book designed to provide applicants with information that exposes these testing flaws, provides helpful hints, and therefore, removes these irrelevant variables from the equation. It's all the same anyway. Eventually, an applicant learns this information over years of testing or research, or just simply gives up.

"We are not trying to be hard on this well-respected organization. We respect and value their contributions to society greatly. This is just where we are beginning. Millions are being made by people who are agreeing to create over-sensitive interpretations of tests that eliminate large numbers of applicants. Using the tests in this way is similar to using grenades to rid your house of termites. Sure the termites are gone, but so are a lot of good things too."

You can download a copy of this book at www.passfiretest.com.

About Us: Pass Fire Test consists of several firefighters/paramedics who are dedicated to preparing applicants for the rigors of Fire Department Testing. After consulting professionals in a variety of fields and hundreds of books and journal articles, they have created the most comprehensive preparation tool for Fire Department Testing.

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Controversial EBook Exposes Faults in Fire Department Testing