Greg Coda deputy chief EMS Chief with
sandal County fire
department so this is our Station 21 U
on Santana peblo our newest station for
the county for our career staff and this
morning we're doing physical ability
testing it's part of a process that we
do annually and this helps to make sure
that our firefighters can do the job are
fit enough to do the job puts them
through an endurance and strength
testing process which puts them to the
limits just the four to five minutes of
ladder climb is to test for their fear
Heights to make sure they can get up to
the top and it's only 75t tall ladder so
it's not horrendously High uh they wear
a 45lb weight vest and they climb to the
top that puts some strain on their legs
so it simulates carrying their equipment
up the ladder um get to the top safely
uh look around make sure they're
comfortable with that view and then they
descend and then from there we let them
get the legs back because it does put a
strain on the legs and we go into the
physical ability testing itself which
encompasses a 5in hose drag which is
pull 125 ft and from there they go to
the Kaiser tool which simulates uh using
an axe to cut through a roof and it
moves a a weighted sled a certain
distance and after that they pull a 14t
ladder out of an engine set it against a
pole get into proper
positioning take the ladder down re
reposition it back in the
apparatus after that they go to a dummy
drag it's
185lb mannequin with full bunker gear on
and they drag it 100
ft uh after that they go to a charge 2
and 1/2 in hose line stretch it out 100
ft and squirt water and then the timing
stops for their uh process they are
timed from the time they Advance the
5-in hose all the way through to where
they squirt water with the 2 and 1/2 in
hose
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