The ageing Australian firefighter: An argument for age-based recruitment and fitness standards for urban fire services

Ergonomics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 612-621

  Walker, Anthony ^a,b   Driller, Matthew ^c   Argus, Christos ^c   Cooke, Julie ^a   Rattray, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Australian Capital Territory Mental Health Services   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

ageing; body composition; firefighter; fitness; recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; HEALTH; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGEING; BODY COMPOSITION; FIREFIGHTER; FITNESS; RECRUITMENT;

STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE TEST; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; URBAN POPULATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE TEST; FIREFIGHTERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84899436315     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.887790     Document Type: Article

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