Predicting firefighting simulation tasks performance from firefighters' specific fitness tests.
Background: Previous studies have examined the correlation between fitness characteristics and firefighter's job performance. Objective: This study was to examine the ability of firefighters' specific fitness tests to predict firefighter's job performance. Methods: Fifty fire academy trainees (48 ma...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 3202 - 3211 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Aug2025
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