Delivering Operational Fitness Within The Fire Service

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Delivering Operational Fitness Within The Fire
Service

• 5th July 2007
• Des Prichard Human Resource Director

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COSLA, DCLG, LGA, LGEO, NI Welsh Assembly,
Scottish Executive Centre for Excellence    
 
CFOA Board
HR Strategic Committee
HR Executive Board
HR Director
Scotland
London
NI
NE
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Employee development
Employee resourcing
WM
NW
SE
Employee relations
Strategic HR
EM
SW
YH
Equality Diversity
Wales
CFOA HR communication structure
  FORA Community
Membership
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CFOA Membership
CFOA BOARD
HR Director
HR (Executive) BOARD Work Stream Heads
Key Stakeholders
HR (Strategic) Committee Regional Representation
Equality Diversity
Strategic HR
Employee Development
Employee relations
Employee Resourcing
Relationship structure
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Operational Fitness - Overview

• What is the role of FireFit?
• Promote and communicate the fitness and health
  agenda within the Fire and Rescue Service in an
  effort to maximise the wellbeing and efficiency
  of the Service.
• To ensure fit and able Firefighters and support
  staff

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Celebrating Success

• Through expertise and partnership
• Fitness tests
• Pre selection exercise programmes
• Sharing best practice - Occupational health
• Equality Diversity agenda Positive action
  days
• Identification of effective exercise equipment
  ..
• CFOA -Thank you

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Changes

• Firefighter Rolemap
• Element FF 2.1 Proactively ensure your own
  health and fitness for
• work in line with your organisations
  Occupational Health Policy.
• Risk critical business Occ fitness comparison
• Technological advances
• Mind set on physical fitness has changed
• Visually impaired, diabetics, asthma sufferers
• How far can we push these barriers?

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Whats next?

• NFSTs old standards VO2 Max Shuttle run
• A standard that can be communicated
• Appropriate assessment Cost effective
• Cost of test vs. cost of not introducing an
  effective test

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Whats next?

• Consistency mechanism of assessment
• Selection through to retirement
• Objective assessment
• Safe person concept
• The need to continuously look at improving
  fitness and wellbeing of all staff
• Support mechanisms
• Healthy living

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Summary

• Celebrate success
• Setting a standard on fitness selection
• Fitness assessment over a career
• Cost effective fitness assessment
• EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS