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  • Occupational Health
  • Biomechanical Engineering

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  • Firefighters (FF) require rapid task completion and efficient self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) air usage for safety and effectiveness.
  • Existing performance metrics often overlook the SCBA's time constraints, focusing solely on work rate.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the reliability and variability of a "work efficiency" (WE) metric.
  • To examine the relationship between WE and metabolic strain indicators.
  • To identify predictors of WE, including fitness, anthropometric, and demographic factors.

Main Methods:

  • 79 structural FF performed an air consumption drill using an SCBA, with duration and air consumption used to calculate WE.
  • A subsample (n=44) underwent a trial with a portable gas analyzer.
  • Correlations and multiple linear regression analyzed WE against fitness, anthropometric, demographic, and metabolic data.

Main Results:

  • Work efficiency (WE) demonstrated reliability (ICC=0.71) with notable inter-individual variability.
  • WE positively correlated with oxygen consumption and tidal volume, and negatively with ventilation efficiency and respiratory frequency.
  • Height, upper-body endurance, and aerobic endurance were the strongest predictors of WE.

Conclusions:

  • Work efficiency (WE) is a dependable and occupationally relevant measure for assessing firefighter performance, integrating both work rate and air consumption.
  • Targeted training interventions aimed at improving metabolic tolerance, upper-body endurance, and aerobic endurance may enhance firefighter WE.