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Relationship between Firefighter Physical Fitness and Special Ability Performance: Predictive Research Based on Machine Learning Algorithms

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  • Datao Xu

    (Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China)

  • Yang Song

    (Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
    Doctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences, Obuda University, 1034 Budapest, Hungary
    Faculty of Engineering, University of Szeged, 6724 Szeged, Hungary)

  • Yao Meng

    (Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
    Doctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences, Obuda University, 1034 Budapest, Hungary
    Faculty of Engineering, University of Szeged, 6724 Szeged, Hungary)

  • Bíró István

    (Doctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences, Obuda University, 1034 Budapest, Hungary
    Faculty of Engineering, University of Szeged, 6724 Szeged, Hungary)

  • Yaodong Gu

    (Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China)

Abstract

Firefighters require a high level of physical fitness to meet the demands of their job. The correlations and contributions of individual physical health parameters to the tasks of firefighting would enable firefighters to focus on the effects of specific physical conditions during their physical training programs. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to identify the relationships between various physical health parameters (weight, maximum oxygen uptake, body fat percentage, upper body muscular power and lower body muscular power) and performance on simulated firefighting ability tasks, which included a set of seven tasks (rope climb, run 200 m round trip with load, 60 m carrying a ladder, climb stairs with load, evacuation of 400 m with supplies, run 5 km with an air respirator, run 100 m with the water hose). Through use of a partial least-squares regression (PLSR) algorithm to analyze the linear correlation, we revealed the change in various training performances of specific ability tests with physical fitness parameters. The present study demonstrated significant relationships among physical health parameters and performance on simulated firefighting ability tasks, which also represent that those parameters contributed significantly to the model’s predictive power and were suitable predictors of the simulated firefighting tasks score.

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  • Datao Xu & Yang Song & Yao Meng & Bíró István & Yaodong Gu, 2020. "Relationship between Firefighter Physical Fitness and Special Ability Performance: Predictive Research Based on Machine Learning Algorithms," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-10, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:20:p:7689-:d:432423
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    1. Jinjuta Panumasvivat & Wachiranun Sirikul & Vithawat Surawattanasakul & Kampanat Wangsan & Pheerasak Assavanopakun, 2023. "The Urgent Need for Cardiopulmonary Fitness Evaluation among Wildland Firefighters in Thailand," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-12, February.

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