Initiative 6: Physical Health (Subscribe)
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- Medical Fitness (42)
- Medical Risks (221)
- Physical Fitness (130)
- Wellness Programs (31)
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A comprehensive physical fitness program for the Iowa City Fire Department popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32939.pdf
Author: Grier, John
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness programs
A fitness and wellness program to reduce back injuries at Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Department popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Ramirez, John H
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, wellness programs, back injury
A flexibility intervention to reduce the incidence and severity of joint injuries among municipal fi popular
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2391578&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=9&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Hilver, JC; Brown, KC; Sirles, AT; Peoples, L.
Date Published: 1990 Jul;32(7):631-7
Publisher: Journal of Occupational Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, injury prevention, physical fitness, joint injuries, muscular-skeletal health
A Salt Lake City Fire Department wellness/fitness program: an evaluative study to develop an impleme popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33093.pdf
Author: Hansen, Jim
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, wellness programs, administration
A step to wellness: NFPA 1582 in a volunteer department popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Humphreys, Richard A
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical standards, NFPA 1582
A study of firefighter wellness programs popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33832.pdf
Author: Metcalf, Cindy R.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, wellness programs, behavioral health, cardiorespiratory fitness
Aging and the fitness of fire fighters: the complex issues involved in abolishing mandatory retireme popular
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1405652
Author: K Saupe, M Sothmann, and D Jasenof
Date Published: September 1991
Publisher: American Journal of Public Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, medical fitness, administration, physical fitness standards, medical
Applications of exercise research to fire fighter health and fitness popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Rhea, Matthew R.
Date Published: May 2004
Publisher: Arizona State University
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness programs, strength and conditioning, exercise resea
Can firefighter instructors perform a simulated rescue after a live fire training exercise? popular
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16096842&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Eglin CM, Tipton MJ.
Date Published: October 2005
Publisher: European Journal of Applied Physiology
Keywords: Initiative 6, training safety, live-fire training, instructor, work capacity
Cardiorespiratory training for firefighter applicants popular
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Author: Jennifer G. Vinzon
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: California State University, Northridge
Keywords: Initiative 5, recruit training, Initiative 6, physical fitness, medical fitness programs, cardioresp
Characterization of the physical demands of firefighting. popular
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=1325260
Author: Gledhill, N; Jamnik, VK
Date Published: 1992 Sep;17(3):207-1
Publisher: Canadian Journal of Sport Science
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, strength and conditioning, work/aerobic capacity
CPAT: putting the test to the test popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Muegge, Carolyn M. , Zollinger, Terrell W., Saywell, Robert M., Moffatt, Steven M. , Hanify, Thomas
Date Published: August 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness standards, fitness evaluation/screening, CPAT, recruits
Declining fitness trends in the Colleyville, Texas, Fire Department popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Shelley, Clinton R
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness standards, physical fitness evaluations, fitness programs, organizational culture, culture change
Designing a mandatory exercise program for the High Point Fire Department popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32359.pdf
Author: Younts, Martha
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness programs, human resource management, exercise stand
Development of health and wellness programs for combination fire departments popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Tiffany, Phillip A.
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, wellness programs, physical fitness programs, medical programs, medical risks, heart function, peer fitness training, combination fire department
Enforcing mandatory physical fitness for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ( popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Eckles, Tim
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness standards, physical fitness evaluations, Initiative
Evaluating fitness-for-duty popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33108.pdf
Author: Cody, William M.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness evaluations, medical evaluations, fitness-for-duty
Evaluation of the implementation of a periodic medical examination program for the Fire Department o popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32797.pdf
Author: Peruggia, John J.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical evaluations, medical fitness program
Fire Department Physical Fitness: A Bullhead City Approach popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo28157.PDF
Author: Rick Southey
Date Published: February 1998
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness programs, medical evaluations, strength and conditioning, wellness programs
Firefighter medical screening popular
http://www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/select.asp?PjtName=9457&bFlag=0&ID=33
Author: Tubbs-RL; Mitchell-S; Anderson-KE
Date Published: 1984
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical screening, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices
Fit to Fight Fires? An Assessment of Mandatory Participation in Exercise Programs and Mandatory Fitn popular
http://ecommons.txstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1196&context=arp
Author: Donna L. Rose
Date Published: 1996
Publisher: Texas State University
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, fitness standards, physical fitness programs
Fitness levels of firefighter recruits before and after a supervised exercise training program. popular
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11991781&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Roberts MA, O'Dea J, Boyce A, Mannix ET.
Date Published: May 2002
Publisher: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, fitness standards, recruits, physical fitness programs
Guide to Implementing the IAFC/IAFF Fire Service Joint Labor Management Wellness/Fitness Initiative, popular
http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/wellness_fitness_smfd.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: IAFC/IAFF
Keywords: Initiative 6, wellness programs, physical fitness, medical fitness
Meeting the fitness challenge popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Smith, Robert L
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness standards, fitness programs, strength and conditioning, personnel development
A fire fighter dies as a result of a cardiac arrest during a trench rescue - Georgia
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face9949.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: May 14, 1999
Publisher: NIOSH 99-F49
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, cardiac death, Initiative 6