There are multiple health resources available to today’s firefighter, however, none are proactive. They are primarily elective. The problem TFT has defined requires that this initiative be actively championed on a county to county and state to state basis.
TFT’s tentative plan is to utilize the county fire academy system as a staging ground for training. The purpose of this training is to educate and motivate firefighters in one or more selected sites to undergo baseline testing, followed by a trial period of participation in a physical preparedness regimen specifically to meet an individual firefighter’s needs in this regard. Measures of success will be pre-determined, and effectiveness of the pilot will be monitored over time. The goal is to achieve “proof of concept” in order to increase the likelihood of further adoption of the program, as well as to convince potential sponsors, donors, and members to support this effort.