fire rescue exercises

Firefighters…the ultimate athlete?

By Aaron Zamzow (ZAM) | Nov 29, 2011

As a firefighter (paramedic and emt included), you train to mitigate the risks that you are sure to face on the job.  Your fitness cannot be a liability, it must be on par with the skills you have spent so much time learning.  Like an athlete, you must be game ready at all times. What…

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Get fit for duty, stay fit for duty.

By Aaron Zamzow (ZAM) | Nov 26, 2011

Train like your life depends on it…because it does.  I’m sure you’ve heard that slogan before either at a seminar or around the firehouse.  What exactly does it mean?  In the context of this website we (I) mean that every fireifghter, emt, and paramedic should look at their level of fitness as another tool like…

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