The longtime head of the FDNY’s fitness program, who oversees physical training at the Fire Academy, is in talks with the department about being reassigned to a new role, likely by the end of June, THE CHIEF-LEADER has learned.
Lieut. Michael Cacciola, a 27-year FDNY veteran, is one of the principal architects of the Functional Skills Training, a requirement unique to the Fire Academy in which candidates in bunker gear perform tasks that firefighters regularly tackle, such as dragging a hose line up stairs and forcing entry into a building. The test became a key part of graduation requirements in 2008, when it was timed and graded for the first time.
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