Fitness for Emergency Services

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For those interested in fitness for Fire/EMS. Maybe you love working out or hate working out. Let this be a place for support and ideas.
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Need help getting my guys motoviated!!!

by Clark

Jan 29, 2009

Hi im new to this site. Our firedepart just changed from voulenteer to combination and luck me i got hired on full time. With the job i also got asked to start a fitness program for the entire dept. We have many vollies who r way outta shape and two of our career guys as well. Does anyone have any ideas how to get these guys to get in better shape??? Ive tried the nfpa regs and they still wont listen. Any help would shure be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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    Clark

    thanks since i last posted i have gotten two more guys in the gym which is good im still having trouble getting a majority of our como dept to see that being grossley over weight is a hazard to themselves other firefightes and the victems were supposed to help and the worse part is that with a chief that weighs well over 300 lbs its hard to get a change stirred up

    May 11, 2009

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    Bob

    I work as a call member of a combination dept. I have been asked to put a program together promoting healthy lifestyles, frankly I don't know where or how to begin. How do I begin to seel this type of lifestyle to FF's which haven't worked out consistantly over the yrs, this includes me as one of those FF. I have this thing which I am interested with the statistics of the american FF and injuries and the cause of death (weird huh). I want to make this work and if you have any information that would help me get this off the ground it would be appreciated, I am scheduled to have something by mid December. My email is pfl2743@comcast.net. Thankyou, Bob

    Sep 26, 2010

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    Brett Utley

    My department (in upstate NY) had a similar issue with out of shape volunteers. We came up with a crazy concept of full SCBA basketball. It was a nice way to combine fitness and SCBA training. Believe it or not, 4 of our members actually shed about 30 lbs a piece. We've made it sort of a brotherly competition within the department and a couple of other local fire departments have followed suit. Hope this helps.

    Sep 26, 2010