Physical employment standard for Canadian wildland fire fighters; identifying and characterising critical initial attack response tasks

A study that identified the tasks that should be included in a physical fitness standard test for initial attack wildland firefighters.

Gumieniak RJ, Shaw J, Gledhill N, Jamnik VK. Physical employment standard for Canadian wildland fire fighters; identifying and characterising critical initial attack response tasks. Ergonomics. 2018 May 7. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2018.1464211 [Epub ahead of print]

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