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Evaluation Of Air Consumption And Work Efficiency In Structural Firefighters, Emily Lynn Langford
Evaluation Of Air Consumption And Work Efficiency In Structural Firefighters, Emily Lynn Langford
Theses and Dissertations--Kinesiology and Health Promotion
INTRODUCTION: For safe and efficient fireground performance, firefighters (FF) must consume air supplied by the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) efficiently while sustaining high work rates. Firefighter research and fire department physical ability assessments typically quantify performance solely on task completion time (i.e., work rate), failing to consider the critical element of air consumption efficiency, which subsequently impacts the SCBA’s functional work duration. PURPOSES: (Arm 1, Aim #1) To examine variability in air consumption (AC) between FF during standardized pace tasks; (Arm 1, Aim #2) To evaluate AC efficiency (ACE) against a recognized metabolic-work rate concept of economy; (Arm …