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Grand Junction Fire
Department
Physical Ability Test Description |
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| Pre-Test Protocol:
Candidates arrive and register. They must be wearing sweat pants,
a long sleeve sweatshirt, and athletic shoes. Candidates will
be asked to read through a description of the physical ability
test. |
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| Equipment: Candidates
will put on a helmet and gloves supplied by the Grand Junction
Fire Department that are to be worn throughout the test. Candidates
will put on a weighted SCBA tank weighing approximately 41 pounds,
simulating the weights of standard gear. Candidates will not
be required to wear or breathe through a mask. |
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| Events: All seven
events are accomplished in order without stopping. Note: Running
between events is not allowed. Test is pass/fail with a maximum
allowable time of 7 minutes and 30 seconds. |
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Stair
Climb and Descent #1 |
The stopwatch will start when the candidate picks up the hose
pack. At the bottom of the stairs, candidates will be required
to pick up a 100-foot folded pack of 1 ½” hose
weighing approximately 50 pounds, and carry it up three (3)
flights of stairs. At the top of the stairs, candidates will
wave through the window, then carry the hose pack back down
the stairs, where they will place the hose pack back on the
ground in its original position. During the climb and descent,
candidates must take the steps one at a time and touch every
step. |
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| Hose Hoist |
 From
the bottom of the hose tower, candidates will be required to
hoist a roll of 2 ½” hose weighing approximately
50 pounds by pulling a rope hand over hand. When the hose roll
reaches the third floor, the candidate will lower the hose roll
back down to the ground hand over hand (without letting the
rope slide through the hands). Once the hose roll reached the
ground, candidates will be required to hoist and lower the hose
roll again in the same manner. |
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| Force
Machine |
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Candidates will be required to straddle the sled with their
feet on the runners and use the sledgehammer to move the center
block between their feet approximately five (5) feet from one
end to the other. |
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Stair
Climb and Descent #2 |
| At the bottom of the stairs, candidates will
be required to pick up a 100-foot folded pack of 1 ½”
hose weighing approximately 50 pounds, and carry it up three
(3) flights of stairs. At the top of the stairs, candidates
will wave through the window, then carry the hose pack back
down the stairs, where they will place the hose pack back on
the ground in its original position. During the climb and descent,
candidates must take the steps one at a time and touch every
step. |
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Hose
Drag |
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Candidates will be required to pick up a charged
1 ½ “ hose line at the nozzle and drag the hose
line approximately 75 feet where they will place the nozzle
on the ground in the marked area. Candidates will not be required
to show water. |
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Dummy
Drag |
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Candidates will be required to lift and drag a
150-pound dummy approximately 150 feet. Candidates are not permitted
to carry the dummy off of the ground. |
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Monitor
Simulation |
 Candidates
will be required to attach six (6) leads (numbered 1 though
6) to their corresponding terminals on a board. The leads may
be attached in any order. Once all of the leads have been successfully
attached, the candidates will then disconnect the leads from
the terminals. Once all of the leads have been disconnected,
the candidate will attach the leads to the terminals a second
time. Candidates should remove their gloves for this event.
The stopwatch will stop when the Monitor Simulation is completed. |
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| Find out how
to prepare for the GJFD Physical Ability Test |
