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.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Darcy Bushnell, Kate Costello, Katie Rusk, Colin Stowell and Dr Richard Parker from the San Diego Firefighter's Regional Wellness Center for assisting with this project.