@article{ref1,
title="Employment standards for Australian urban firefighters: part 1: the essential, physically demanding tasks",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2015",
author="Taylor, Nigel A. S. and Fullagar, Hugh H. K. and Mott, Brendan J. and Sampson, John A. and Groeller, Herbert",
volume="57",
number="10",
pages="1063-1071",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This communication is the first of four describing the development of defensible firefighter-selection tests. The purpose was to identify a subset of essential, physically demanding tasks performed by contemporary urban firefighters. <br><br>METHODS: From existing procedural documentation and job analyses, 11 fire-station visits and interviews with 106 firefighters, and one focus-group meeting, 31 physically demanding tasks were identified and incorporated into a workforce survey. Using this tool, firefighters rated the importance, perceived difficulty, typical task durations, and annual performance frequency of each task. <br><br>RESULTS: Data from 989 respondents were analyzed, enabling a consolidation of these tasks into a subset of essential activities. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These processes yielded a content-valid list of 15 essential, physically demanding tasks covering the full width of duties performed by urban firefighters from Australia's largest fire and rescue organization.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000000525",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000525"
}