Basic SCBA drill
Check body weight in full PPE.
Check resting heart rate.
Start at 4000 psi
Station 1 - walking 5 min
Station 2 - stepping up 5 min
Station 3 - crawling 5 min
Station 4 - laying down 5 min
Stop after 20 min is up (check air consumption), or when the vibra alert goes off.
Check heart rate between each 5 min mark, and also on the end of 20 min SCBA drill.
Bonus SCBA drill
Start at 4500 psi
Station 1 - stair climb w/ bundle of 2 1/2 or dry chem - 2 min
Station 2 - hose drag and hose pull - 2 min
Station 3 - ladder climb - 2 min
Station 4 - 8 lbs sledge hammer chops - 2 min
Station 5 - farmers walk - 2 min
Station 6 - crawl w/ halligan - 2 min
Stop when vibra alert goes off or when you finish all 6 stations. Check air consumption and heart rate.
Cool down: 10 min
Enjoy
Well, today, I think it was a big eye opener for Sara and Hary (our "wellness people"), so hopefully they will understand now, the firefighters are not an athletes, and they work in extreme conditions, so the training and testing should be different than for an athletes.
ReplyDeleteI have a high hopes for an overall improvment of health and conditioning of our firefighters.
Great post Cezar- Thanks for proving to the team at the office that Harry and I REALLY worked on Friday! We do have a new appreciation for all that firefighters do...Thanks to Jim and Cezar for putting us through our paces (payback?)!
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