Frequency, intensity and duration of physical tasks performed by Australian rural firefighters during bushfire suppression Phillips, Matthew, Netto, Kevin, Payne, Warren, Nichols, David, Lord, Cara, Brooksbank, Neil, Onus, Katrina, Jefferies, Sarah and Aisbett, Brad 2011, Frequency, intensity and duration of physical tasks performed by Australian rural firefighters during bushfire suppression, in Proceedings of Bushfire CRC & AFAC 2011 Conference Science Day, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, East Melbourne, Vic., pp. 205-213. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads aisbett-frequency-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 491.49KB 369 Title Frequency, intensity and duration of physical tasks performed by Australian rural firefighters during bushfire suppression Author(s) Phillips, Matthew Netto, Kevin Payne, Warren Nichols, David Lord, Cara orcid.org/0000-0002-1444-1224 Brooksbank, Neil Onus, Katrina Jefferies, Sarah Aisbett, Brad orcid.org/0000-0001-8077-0272 Conference name The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre & The Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council Conference Science Day (2011 : Sydney, NS.W.) Conference location Sydney, N.S.W. Conference dates 1 Sep. 2011 Title of proceedings Proceedings of Bushfire CRC & AFAC 2011 Conference Science Day Editor(s) Thornton, R. P. Publication date 2011 Conference series The AFAC & Bushfire CRC Conference Science Day Start page 205 End page 213 Total pages 9 Publisher Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Place of publication East Melbourne, Vic. Keyword(s) Firefighters Physical tasks Bushfire Summary The current study combined, for the first time, video footage of individual firefighters wearing heart rate monitors and personal GPS units to quantify the frequency, duration and intensity of tasks performed by Australian rural fire crews when. suppressing bushfires. Across the four fireground 'shifts', the firefighters performed 34 distinct fireground tasks. Per shift, the task frequency ranged from once (raking fireline in teams, carrying a quick fill pump) to 103 times {lateral repositioning of a 38-mm charged firehose) .. The tasks lasted between 4 ± 2 s (bowling out 3-8-mm firehose) and 461 ± 387 s (raking fireline in teams). The task intensity~ as measured by average heart rate ranged between 97 ± 16 beats·min-1 (55.7 ± 8.7. %HRmax) and 157 ± 15 beats·min-1 (86.2 ± 10.8 %HRmax)· The tasks were performed a speeds that ranged from 0.12 ± 0.08 m·s-1 (manual hose retraction of 38-mm charged firehose) to 0.79 ± 0.40 m·s-1 (carrying a 38-mm coiled hose). Tasks found to be simultaneously frequent, long and intense (or two of these three) are likely to form the basis for job-specific testing of Australian rural firefighters suppressing bushfires. Notes The science day was the final day of The AFAC & Bushfire CRC annual conference held from 29th August to 1st September 2011 ISBN 9780980675993 Language eng Field of Research 110602 Exercise Physiology Socio Economic Objective 920505 Occupational Health HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2011, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30043862 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to conference proceedings Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 27 Mar 2012, 09:53:56 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 10:57:01 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 11:20:49 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 11:22:28 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 11:25:04 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 11:25:34 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 11:28:42 EST Mon, 23 Apr 2012, 12:14:46 EST Wed, 16 May 2012, 15:54:27 EST Mon, 09 Sep 2013, 10:49:55 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 15:19:19 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 22:56:56 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 18:31:43 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:30:16 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:49:11 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 991 Abstract Views, 371 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 27 Mar 2012, 09:53:42 EST by Jane Moschetti