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[Grantus]

Well done!
It is also a requirement of Forest Fire Management Victoria, but not CFA firefighters who also are never reassessed on their firefighting skills, unlike Prison Officers who are all reassessed on both firefighting and BA annually.

For Project Firefighters to successfully complete the pack hike test, they must walk 4.83 kilometres on a level track carrying a weight of 20.4 kilogram within 38 to 45 minutes. Participants who weigh 68 kilograms or less are eligible to carry a lesser weight of 15.4 kilograms.
Rappel crews must carry a weight of 20.4 kilograms and complete the pack hike within 38 to 42.5 minutes.

The circuit is a test that assesses a person’s ability to perform tasks specific to rappel operations. Rappel applicants must successfully complete the circuit to be considered for employment.
The circuit test involves two components, including:
• Lift and carry a 30 kilogram pack, five times over a distance of 15 metres
• Lift a 30 kilogram pack ten times to a height of 1.2 metres.

PR

We have the choice of “Moderate” or “Arduous” fitness tests, to continue being a volunteer member.

The ACT Arduous one, is the same as the “Project Firefiighter” one you mention, and done by those volunteers that want to join a RAFT team, (Remote Area Firefighting Team), or want to be available for international deployments.

At my age, and with no desired commitment to be lowered from a chopper for an unknown period on a fire ground, with limited supplies and a rake hoe, on a RAFT team…… I just did the “moderate” test:

11kg weighted vest, to then cover 3.2kms, in less than 30 minutes. So an average walking pace of over 6.4km/p/h, required to pass.

Chatting to volunteer RFS members in NSW, Vic & Qld about the fitness test, and they all think it would wipe out around half their members, if it was an annual requirement in their teams.