FIRE DEPARTMENT
EVENT 3
Ladder Carry
Purpose of Evaluation: This event is designed to simulate the critical task of carrying a ground ladder at a structure fire. It measures the candidate’s upper body muscular strength, lower body muscular strength, balance, grip strength anaerobic endurance.
Event: The candidate will walk up to the 24' aluminum extension ladder positioned on mounts. Candidate will remove and carry the ladder while walking around a cone to the marked position. Candidate will proceed with the ladder at a waist high or shoulder level carrying position back to the starting point. Candidate will replace ladder to the mounts. This concludes the event.
Failures: If the candidate allows the ladder to fall to the ground or drag the ground their test time will be concluded and the candidate will fail the test. Banging of the ladder ends against the ground will result in a charge of 30 seconds added to the final score.
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