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Recruit Fitness Training
http://www.firefighternation.com/article/firefighter-fitness-and-health/recruit-fitness-training
Author: Monte Egherman
Date Published: 12/1/2011
Publisher: FireRescue
Keywords: recruit standards, recruit training, recruit screening, physical fitness programs, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness, orthopedic fitness, Initiative 6
Relationship between simulated fire fighting tasks and physical performance measures.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=7070261
Author: Davis, PO; Dotson, CO; Santa Maria, DL
Date Published: 1982;14(1):65-71
Publisher: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, fitness standards, physical performance tests, task measurement%0a
Study of physical abilities testing within the hiring process
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32048.pdf
Author: McKendrick, Mike
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness standards, physical abilities testing, candidate te
The PHLAME (Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Alternative Models' Effects) Firefighter Study: Outcomes of Two Models of Behavior Change
http://journals.lww.com/joem/Abstract/2007/02000/The_PHLAME__Promoting_Healthy_Lifestyles_.10.aspx
Author: Diane Elliot, Linn Goldberg, Kerry Kuehl, Esther Moe, Rosemary Berger, Michael Pickering
Date Published: February 2007
Publisher: Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Keywords: PHLAME
Why the Fire Service Needs Enforced Fitness Standards
http://www.firefighternation.com/article/firefighter-safety-health/why-fire-service-needs-enforced-fitness-standards
Author: Jeff & Martha Ellis
Date Published: 8/1/2009
Publisher: FireRescue
Keywords: fitness programs, fitness evaluation, physical fitness, physcial fitness programs, medical fitness standard, minimum fitness standard, medical standards, Initiative 6
Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/phy_active.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: June 2006
Publisher: National Institute of Health
Keywords: Physical Fitness, Heart Health, Medical Health