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Examining wildland fire fighter candidate pass rates over five years post-implementation on a newly-developed
Robert J Gumieniak1, Serge Poulin2, Norman Gledhill1
1Faculty of Health, Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:
To assess the post-implementation impact of the Canadian Type 1 Wildland Fire Fighter (WFF) Fitness Test Circuit (WFX-FIT), a retrospective descriptive analysis of anonymized aggregate data collected between 2012-2016 was conducted.
Objectives:
The objectives were to examine the pass rates of Type 1 WFF in each fire jurisdiction and on the standard for exchanging Type 1 WFF between agencies, the interagency exchange standard, by age group and sex and to propose what other information could be of value in assessing the effectiveness of implementing a physical employment standard.
Methods:
Frequencies and pass rate percentages were compared by sex and age groups (<40 years, ≥40 years).
Results:
Between 2012-2016, pass rates for all participants on the jurisdictional and interagency exchange performance standards improved from 93.2% to 95.6% and 79.1% to 87.6%, respectively.
Conclusions:
We conclude that since the WFX-FIT was implemented, there has been an increase in the number of exchange-eligible Type 1 WFF for suppression of wildfires in Canada.
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