@article{ref1,
title="Employment standards for Australian urban firefighters: part 4: physical aptitude tests and standards",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2015",
author="Fullagar, Hugh H. K. and Sampson, John A. and Mott, Brendan J. and Burdon, Catriona A. and Taylor, Nigel A. S. and Groeller, Herbert",
volume="57",
number="10",
pages="1092-1097",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Firefighter physical aptitude tests were administered to unskilled subjects and operational firefighters to evaluate the impact that testing bias associated with gender, age, activity-specific skills, or task familiarity may have upon establishing performance thresholds. <br><br>METHODS: These tests were administered in sequence, simulating hazmat incidents, ventilation fan carriage (stairs), motor-vehicle rescues, bushfire incidents, fire attacks, and a firefighter rescue. Participants included two unskilled samples (N = 14 and 22) and 143 firefighters. <br><br>RESULTS: Firefighter performance was not significantly different from the unskilled subjects. Participants from both genders passed the test, with scores unrelated to performance skill or age; however, familiarization significantly improved performance when the test was repeated. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These outcomes confirmed this test to be gender-, age-, and skill-neutral. Familiarization effects could be removed through performing a single, pre-selection trial of the test battery.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000000528",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000528"
}