Fire Brigade Sub-Maximal Exercise Fitness Testing

This treadmill test is useful as a pre-employment screening tool to predict a firefighter’s ability to maintain strenuous physical exertion. During high heat and oxygen deficient environments compounded with an intense level of mental stress, you can see the importance of keeping the cardiovascular system in tip top shape.

The IAFF/IAFC Fire Service Joint Labor/Management Wellness-Fitness Initiative recommends the sub-maximal fitness test because of its safety, relative low cost and ease of administration to provide sufficient information to evaluate cardiopulmonary fitness. The importance of this is further underlined by the statistic showing heart attack as being the number one cause of in-the-line-of-duty death for firefighters.

To discuss details and costs regarding this service, call 218-312-3017.