Click here to register for your test. 

• Please allow a minimum of 24 hours to receive a response to your registration.
• Your start time will be assigned at this time.
• Email Capt. Justin Kraus, CPAT Director, with any questions at IllinoisCPAT@gmail.com

Central Illinois Fire Chiefs CPAT Schedule

• Unless stated below, all of our Test and Orientation days are on Tuesdays.
• Test and Orientation days begin promptly at 8AM.
• Please arrive 15 min early to fill out Paperwork. 
• The Ladder Climb Test that is required by the State of Illinois is included with all CPAT tests. 
• Additional groups starting after 8 AM may be added based on candidate volume.  

2024 Session Schedule 
 

 A Session is where a  candidate must attend one Orientation & Station Practice day and then is allowed to take the test up to three times, each on a separate day.  The Orientation day you attend must be within the same Session.  The Ladder Climb Test is included with all tests of a Session and is performed at the Orientation & Station Practice. 

2024 Open Test Days 

An Open Test is where a candidate takes the test one time on one day.  A tour of the test is given prior to taking the test.  There is no event practing allowed on Open Test days. The Ladder Climb test is included with all Open Tests.