title: Metabolic demands of simulated firefighting tasks.
abstract: Firefighters having higher cardiovascular fitness completed a series of simulated firefighting tasks more quickly than those having lower fitness. These results support the need of a high level of cardiovascular fitness for firefighters to ensure not only their safety, but that of fellow firefighters and rescue victims.
authors.affiliation: School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Elsner
authors.forename: Fred W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Kolkhorst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D004651:Employment; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult