**The course can be fully tailored to an agency's needs within
their jurisdictional environment or assigned mission.**
Course Highlights:
This 16-hour course introduces the skills and knowledge needed to safely enhance one's strength, conditioning, and mental performance levels. Every course module improves performance, promotes wellness, and educates how to decrease injury risk without undue burden. Training events provide a (Crawl – Walk – Run) progression system, a step-by-step, hands-on approach to learning.
During this course, our instructors will conduct needs analyses and physical testing sessions, design and implement safe and effective strength training and conditioning programs and provide general information regarding nutrition.
Remember, heart attacks are still the number one killer of firefighters nationally and are the second-highest for law enforcement officers. All professionals must actively engage and physically train to their specific occupation to be successful and mitigate complacency.
Target Audience: Law Enforcement, Firefighters, E.M.S., S.A.R. Professionals. Open to all Full-Time, Part-Time, Volunteer or Reserve personnel. Military Personnel who are active duty, reserve, national guard, state defense force are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Certification Obtained at Course Completion: Course Completion
Course Textbook: None
Additional Course Information:
Responding to emergencies is one of the most dangerous and physically demanding professions. To help improve the safety, performance, and quality of life of uniformed personnel in the fire service and public safety.
The physical conditioning required of a firefighter, medic, or law enforcement officer must perform on the scene adequately can be compared to that of a professional athlete. Unlike professional athletes, we don't know when the subsequent fire or dynamic situation will be, and we don't get to warm up. Responders don't have professional coaches, massage therapists, medical staff, and state-of-the-art gym equipment.
There has always been controversy regarding fitness standards. There is no current universal fitness test or criterion for firefighters in Alaska. For anyone wishing to become a law enforcement officer. Many local departments have fitness standards for their hiring process but nothing for incumbent members.
The course will not increase the student's physical fitness level. However, your fitness is a byproduct of the entire training and preparation for the course. So the program does have a positive impact on your level of fitness.
The physical training portion of this course is designed to warm up and then stress all the muscle groups that work your cardiovascular system and your flexibility. Calisthenics and the Obstacle Course are used because of time restraints. The calisthenics will be used as a warmup to prevent injuries on the obstacle course.
This course improves the wellness and fitness of their departments and assists with recruits' physical training during challenging entry tests.
Please note: The role of an Emergency Service / Public Safety Fitness Trainer differs from a Personal Trainer since public service personnel has particular needs and an extreme work environment well beyond what the average exerciser will ever face.
We want to accommodate everyone we can, so please notify us if a time not listed would be more convenient for you and your schedule. The more requests we receive, the more classes we will add! The daily session will last approximately 60 -90 minutes.
Course Completion Requirements: Successful completion of this course requires adherence to course policies, maintaining a minimum score of 70% on the course final examination, and successfully demonstrating all required skills.
Course Attendance Policy: Student attendance is required at all scheduled classes.
Lodging & Meals: Lodging and meals not provided, but local camping areas and hotel information will be provided upon request or registration.