Physical Fitness
The benefits of a bespoke physical fitness program.
An emergency organization such as the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service cannot, even for one second, fail in its sacred responsibilities to respond instantaneously and manage successfully the myriad risks that confront the citizenry. The general nature of the fire service demands a critical level of fitness to perform vast emergency functions and fire fighters must be physically and mentally prepared to meet the occupational challenges. This impeccable state of health and fitness must be maintained or even increased to efficiently meet the many critical job performance standards. Fire fighters are not super heroes that emerge unscathed from emergency sites where intense physical and mental aptitude are required to extinguish the static and dynamic risks encountered.
Local and international statistical data indicate a high occurrence of injuries to fire fighters at both emergency and non emergency operations. The leading types of injury received during fire ground operations are strain, sprain or muscular pain. In addition, the discovery of a disturbing trend has been noticed where the measured level of fitness among firefighters has declined, despite mandatory physical fitness program. This decrease from the optimal fitness standard enhance the risk of life style diseases such as heart attacks, hypertension and diabetes, which have contributed to related deaths to fire fighters. Illness and injuries affecting any work team inadvertently affect work performance. High levels of physical fitness aid fire fighters in intuitively performing emergency tasks safely and reduce the risk of injury and illness. Therefore, a bespoke physical fitness program will undoubtedly enhance fire service employees’ health and wellness and improve operational efficiency
Physical fitness can be generally defined as “The ability to perform daily tasks vigorously and alertly, with energy left over for enjoying leisure-
An emergency organization such as the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service cannot, even for one second, fail in its sacred responsibilities to respond instantaneously and manage successfully the myriad risks that confront the citizenry. The general nature of the fire service demands a critical level of fitness to perform vast emergency functions and fire fighters must be physically and mentally prepared to meet the occupational challenges. This impeccable state of health and fitness must be maintained or even increased to efficiently meet the many critical job performance standards. Fire fighters are not super heroes that emerge unscathed from emergency sites where intense physical and mental aptitude are required to extinguish the static and dynamic risks encountered.
Local and international statistical data indicate a high occurrence of injuries to fire fighters at both emergency and non emergency operations. The leading types of injury received during fire ground operations are strain, sprain or muscular pain. In addition, the discovery of a disturbing trend has been noticed where the measured level of fitness among firefighters has declined, despite mandatory physical fitness program. This decrease from the optimal fitness standard enhance the risk of life style diseases such as heart attacks, hypertension and diabetes, which have contributed to related deaths to fire fighters. Illness and injuries affecting any work team inadvertently affect work performance. High levels of physical fitness aid fire fighters in intuitively performing emergency tasks safely and reduce the risk of injury and illness. Therefore, a bespoke physical fitness program will undoubtedly enhance fire service employees’ health and wellness and improve operational efficiency
Physical fitness can be generally defined as “The ability to perform daily tasks vigorously and alertly, with energy left over for enjoying leisure-