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Fitness of Firefighters as part of Administrative Practice

Hill, Michael L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1460409122

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Public Administration.
Firefighters are charged with protecting their communities by providing a service that is both physically demanding and life threatening. An, unfit firefighter can place their coworkers in greater danger and endanger the safety of the public. Many departments do not require firefighters to maintain a basic level of physical fitness in order to remain on the job. Fire departments use Physical Performance Assessments to evaluate firefighters’ abilities to perform tasks related to fighting a fire to maintain their status and there have been no national standards adopted for a uniform minimum standard of physical fitness that includes a height and weight standard and test pf physical endurance to consider if a firefighter is fit for duty. This study surveys the Fire Chiefs of Ohio to consider the use and desirability of fitness standards in managing firefighters, as well as the adoption of a national physical fitness standard.
Julia Beckett (Committee Chair)
Nancy Grant (Committee Co-Chair)
159 p.
Public Administration
Firefighter physical fitness; firefighter health; firefighter fatalities; firefighter injuries; Public Administration and Firefighters; human resource management; NFPA 1582; NFPA 1583; United States Fire Administration; Ohio Fire Chiefs Association

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  • Hill, M. L. (2016). Fitness of Firefighters as part of Administrative Practice [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1460409122

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hill, Michael. Fitness of Firefighters as part of Administrative Practice. 2016. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1460409122.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hill, Michael. "Fitness of Firefighters as part of Administrative Practice." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1460409122

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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