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different fire services that make up the UK fire service are now adopting
a national standard of physical testing for new applicants.
Most brigades are now using the following tests, but please check with
your individual brigade.
Ladder Climb
This is a physical test of confidence and the ability to follow instructions.
Applicants must ascend a 13.5 metre (45 foot) Fire & Rescue Service
ladder to a point two thirds of the full working height, take a leg
lock and remove their hands from the ladder and look down to the assessor
to identify a symbol placed flat on the ground at the foot of the ladder.
Applicants will be assisted if necessary by the safety officer.
Casualty Evacuation
This is a physical test of upper and lower body strength and co-ordination.
A 55kg (8½ stone) dummy is dragged backwards around a 30 metre
(100 foot) course around four cones guided by a safety officer. Applicants
will need to complete this exercise in a given amount of time.
Ladder Lift
This is a physical test of upper and lower body strength and co-ordination.
The bar of a ladder lift simulator weighing 30kg (4½ stone) is
to be raised to a height of 182cm (6 foot) assisted if necessary by
the safety officer.
Enclosed Space
This is physical test of confidence, agility and identification of claustrophobic
tendencies. Applicants wear a breathing apparatus facemask and negotiate
a crawl and walkway with clear vision. Halfway through the route their
vision is obscured and they retrace their steps to the start/finish
point. A safety officer will provide assistance if necessary. Applicants
will need to complete this exercise in a given amount of time.
Equipment Assembly
This is a physical test of manual dexterity. Applicants must assemble
and then disassemble a portable pump following a demonstration by the
safety officer.
Equipment Carry
This is a physical test of aerobic fitness, stamina, upper and lower
body strength and co-ordination. Applicants will need to carry items
of equipment over a 25 metre (82 foot) course around two cones. This
is not a test of memory as the safety officer will remind applicants
of the sequence of events. The equipment will consist of one 30 metre
(100 foot) hose reel tubing on a drum, two coiled 70mm soft suction
hoses, one 100mm hard suction hose and suction strainer in a basket
and one 33kg (5 stone) barbell. Applicants will need to complete this
exercise in a given amount of time.
James Holder is a fulltime professional firefighter and author
of 'firefighterfit', the best selling manual on how to get fit fast
and lose weight, the way the professionals do. Visit http//www.firefighterfit.com
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