One of the most common entry-level firefighter recruitment tests used in Canada, particularly Ontario, is the CPS Entry-Level Firefighter tests. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice. This video shows the physical fitness test, WFX-FIT, used to evaluate wildland firefighters in Alberta, Canada. Just saying that if you want to be a true wild land firefighter you would have no excuses about your physical fitness.The Webfx test unlike the Prefit test has had a number of unintended consequencies(injuries,loss of older staff etc).I have to agree when you get a Type 1 crew from anywhere in canada except Nfld and now Sask you get a standard level of fitness.What you don’t get is an experienced crew.What this new test has done is eliminate the key 12-18 year folks who provide the leadership and hand down the tricks of the trade ,if you will, to the new staff.After 40 yrs of banging away at fires in the Boreal Forest it is shocking to see how green the Type 1 I/A crews in Canada have now become.What we now have at our Attack Bases coast to coast is “Occupational alhletes” which are more often than not as green as grass.
Hence the box height difference. Yes, at one time, that position was out on the mountain with their crew, but now it’s an ICP position, and I only see fire on a recon flight. Fitness testing is typically done as part of the application process for a specific fire department. The fitness test we are referring to is the Pack Test version of the Work Capacity Test which requires carrying 45 pounds (20.4 kg) for three miles on flat ground (4.83 km) in less than 45 minutes. The WFX-FIT, which first saw widespread use in 2012, is described as “a valid job-related physical performance standard used to determine whether an individual possesses the physical capabilities necessary to meet the rigorous demands encountered while fighting wildland fires.”The components of the WFX-FIT, after pre-participation screening are:The pump, or simulated pump, weighs 62.7 pounds (28.5 kg). Try not to rest other than touching your toes after jumping jacks and walking your hands out in front of you and slowly place yourself into the pushup position. The website for our test is: This is nice for structural fire departments where you fight fire for a short amount of time while expending all your energy in a short period. Give me a crew with a combination of “brain and brawn” and we can fight fires anywhere in the Boreal and all come home at the end of the day.This test must be reconfigured (as it was legally considered not bonifide) to accomadate women and folks 35+ and until it is we will be losing more fires and burning more values. Our medical and fitness requirements have been set to ensure safety. I then asked I am only 5’7″ with boots on.
A lot of money and research went into the development to ensure this new test met all of the legal requirements to be Bona Fide Occupational Requirement. Whats people lookup in this blog: Firefighter Physical Fitness Test Canada Of course, the Canadians seem to manage.I’d like to see a two-tier system. It is properly described as a “hybrid” evaluation protocol since it consists of two components: a laboratory test for aerobic fitness and a task-simulation tests (6 job-related tests). Start with dumbbells by the waist, perform a squat, then raise them doing a bicep curl, then over head, and then behind your head - repeat in reverse order.This multi-joint exercise adds lower body exercises to Full-body dumbbells #1.
Here are some ideas to help with quick fitness routines when time is short. I read the post about the fitness test for wildland firefighters in the United States yesterday, and thought right away about the new test we’ve adopted North of the border.
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