Firefighters’ Agility

One of the heavy duties that a person could ever experience is becoming a firefighter. It is one of the jobs that are in a topmost rewarding career for an individual to have. We can also assume that a hero is living in every firefighter who can save lives and property and always ready to sacrifice for the call of duty. How big the word is, that is because we know the reality of what they do and anything that they can do just to satisfy and fully accomplished their call of duty. This is a position of endless helping others. Whether rescuing people from a flaming building, attending for medical needs, exterminating fires in a home or in large mercantile building, this profession is all about helping the people, especially those in need. This profession is demanding a strong dedication and professionalism for those who chose it as a career. They must possess the courage to do everything and stamina to risk their lives for the sake of others. Those who want to be a certified firefighter must undergo long learning assessment and extensive periods of training to become effective and efficient professional firefighters. There are lots of preparation for examination or test that an individual has to do and one of these is the Physical Agility preparation. This Physical Agility preparation is the majority part of the examination for the position of a firefighter for the profession requires a quick response in both movements, thinking, and understanding.

It is important for every firefighter when it comes to physical aspect because this is a kind of very demanding occupation not only by time demand but most especially man force such for saving lives and property, opposing the challenge of the environment, and also the weight and constraint of the protective equipment. It is a must that the recruited firefighters are physically fit and capable of performing tasks and learning firefighter’s encyclopedia. As part of making the body well-constructed and always on the run of the firefighter's tasks, there are workouts that a firefighter has always do.

One of the important workouts is lung strength and capacity. People might seem so fit enough to take the tasks, but the question is do they can build up their wind endurance? Since the tasks are exposed to the smokey areas where if there is a smoke, there is a fire. If an individual had a lack of wind, it immediately drains the body's strength and that is perfect for the agility test. In the agility test, the performance is in short duration, but it is an all-out effort, so it requires strong lungs for the proper performance. It is important for the firefighter physical agility exam to have an emphasis on the preparation for the lung training. One best way to have it is by wind sprints which will increase the endurance. In the sprints process, make sure that the body can make up another ten more yards in every completed number of yards. In this training, the endurance really builds up in your chest, triceps, biceps, back, and legs.  There are some training tips like many times, a firefighter is required to wear a vest and for simulation is get a bag of sand and bring it on the backpack and wear it while running stairs. Running stairs is also a preparation, train in the gym, and before any action for preparation is do not forget to warm up the body and then cool down after all the training preparation.