@article{ref1,
title="Examining wildland fire fighter candidate pass rates over five years post-implementation on a newly-developed physical employment standard",
journal="Work",
year="2019",
author="Gumieniak, Robert J. and Poulin, Serge and Gledhill, Norman and Jamnik, Veronica",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: To assess the post-implementation impact of the Canadian Type 1 Wildland Fire Fighter (WFF) Fitness Test Circuit (WFX-FIT), a retrospective descriptive analysis of anonymized aggregate data collected between 2012-2016 was conducted. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to examine the pass rates of Type 1 WFF in each fire jurisdiction and on the standard for exchanging Type 1 WFF between agencies, the interagency exchange standard, by age group and sex and to propose what other information could be of value in assessing the effectiveness of implementing a physical employment standard. <br><br>METHODS: Frequencies and pass rate percentages were compared by sex and age groups (<40 years, ≥40 years). <br><br>RESULTS: Between 2012-2016, pass rates for all participants on the jurisdictional and interagency exchange performance standards improved from 93.2% to 95.6% and 79.1% to 87.6% , respectively. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that since the WFX-FIT was implemented, there has been an increase in the number of exchange-eligible Type 1 WFF for suppression of wildfires in Canada.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1051-9815",
doi="10.3233/WOR-192957",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-192957"
}