A Study on the Preliminary Validity Analysis of Korean Firefighter Job-Related Physical Fitness Test

Eun-Hyung Cho, Jung-Hoon Nam, Seung-A. Shin and Jong-Back Lee
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Eun-Hyung Cho: Department of Sports Science, Korea Institute of Sport Science, Seoul 01794, Korea
Jung-Hoon Nam: Department of Sports Healthcare, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung 25601, Korea
Seung-A. Shin: Department of Sports and Leisure Industry, Sehan University, Dangjin 31746, Korea
Jong-Back Lee: Center for Sports Science in Gangwon, Chuncheon 24239, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-11

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to revise and modify the firefighter job-related performance tests from overseas to implement into the circumstances in Korea, examine its validity by analyzing the level of association between the test employed in the ongoing firefighter selection process, and propose a Korean firefighter job-related physical fitness test. Therefore, a modified version of Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) from the United States firefighter selection process was conducted on 28 male firefighter officer candidates. Recorded results from VO 2 max, heart rate, blood lactate, anaerobic power test, and the ongoing Korean firefighter physical fitness test were analyzed to assess the validity of the modified test. IBM SPSS Statistics Ver. 27.0 was employed for the data correlation analysis in different fitness factors and the total circuit physical test time. The results revealed the proposed modified firefighter job-related physical fitness test showed significant correlation with VO 2 max (r = ?0.450, p < 0.05), METS (r = ?0.735, p < 0.01) recovery lactate over 15 min (r = ?0.460, p < 0.05), peak power (r = ?0.484, p < 0.05), average power (r = ?0.647, p < 0.01), and in the ongoing firefighter physical fitness test, grip strength (r = ?0.709, p < 0.01), lower back strength (r = ?0.681, p < 0.01), standing long jump (r = ?0.618, p < 0.01), sit-ups (r = ?0.397, p < 0.05), and shuttle run (r = ?0.523, p < 0.01). Fitness factors including VO 2 max, recovery lactate, anaerobic power, muscular strength, and so forth known to play a crucial role in firefighting operations were also shown to be important in the modified firefighter job-related physical fitness test. However, we suggest that studies with a larger sample size are needed in order to generalize our findings.

Keywords: \({{\overset{.}{\text{V}}\text{O}}_{2\text{max}} }\); firefighter job-related physical fitness test; candidate physical ability test; anaerobic power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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