@article{ref1,
title="Employment standards for Australian urban firefighters: part 2: the physiological demands and the criterion tasks",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2015",
author="Taylor, Nigel A. S. and Fullagar, Hugh H. K. and Sampson, John A. and Notley, Sean R. and Durley, Simon D. and Lee, Daniel S. and Groeller, Herbert",
volume="57",
number="10",
pages="1072-1082",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The physiological demands of 15 essential, physically demanding fire-fighting tasks were investigated to identify criterion tasks for bona fide recruit selection. <br><br>METHODS: A total of 51 operational firefighters participated in discrete, field-based occupational simulations, with physiological responses measured throughout. <br><br>RESULTS: The most stressful tasks were identified and classified according to dominant fitness attributes and movement patterns. Three movement classes (single-sided load carriage [5 tasks], dragging loads [4 tasks], and overhead pushing and holding objects [2 tasks]) and one mandatory strength task emerged. Seven criterion tasks were identified. Load holding and carriage dominated these movement patterns, yet no task accentuated whole-body endurance. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Material handling movements from each classification must appear within a physical aptitude (selection) test for it to adequately represent the breadth of tasks performed by Australian urban firefighters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000000526",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000526"
}