Research Article
The Relationship between Physical Fitness and Simulated Firefighting Task Performance
Table 2
Firefighters’ physiologic responses and task completion times.
| | Variable | | Mean | SD | Max | Min |
| | Heart rate at hose drag (bpm) | 49 | 163.00 | 16.00 | 195.00 | 125.00 | | Respiratory rate at hose drag (brpm) | 49 | 27.00 | 4.00 | 40.00 | 23.00 | | HR-max% at hose drag (HR-max%) | 49 | 88.00 | 8.00 | 106.00 | 64.00 | | Rating of perceived exertion hose drag (0–10) | 49 | 1.78 | 1.10 | 5.00 | 1.00 | | Time elapsed to complete hose drag (seconds) | 49 | 59.00 | 15.00 | 100.00 | 33.00 | | Heart rate at stair climb (bpm) | 49 | 166.00 | 13.00 | 197.00 | 137.00 | | Respiratory rate at stair climb (brpm) | 49 | 31.00 | 4.00 | 41.00 | 25.00 | | HR-max% at stair climb (%) | 49 | 89.00 | 7.00 | 102.00 | 69.00 | | Rating of perceived exertion stair climb (0–10) | 49 | 2.70 | 1.40 | 6.00 | 1.00 | | Time elapsed to complete stair climb (seconds) | 49 | 59.00 | 14.50 | 93.00 | 30.00 |
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