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  PD Physical Agility Testing  
     

 Location: Glenwood Springs Fire Station #2 (801 Cooper Ave)

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  1. Potential Employee (PE) will begin seated in a patrol vehicle parked in front of the Methodist Church.  At this time, PE will be given a suspect description to remember throughout the physical agilities.
  2. Time will begin when PE steps foot outside of the patrol vehicle and begins to run.
  3. PE will run Northbound on the sidewalk on the West side of the fire station.
  4. PE will then run around the Northwest corner of the fire station and into the fire apparatus parking area on the North side of the station. 
  5. PE will then pick up two 15 lb. dumbbells and walk/run the weights to the rear of the vehicle push, located in front of the East bay doors.  PE will SET the dumbbells down.
  6. PE will then push the vehicle towards 8th St. a specified distance.
  7. PE will then return to the area of where the vehicle push began and grab downed Firefighter (weighted mannequin).
  8. PE will drag downed Firefighter a specified distance towards the rear door of the Fire Station.
  9. PE will then enter the Fire Station and run/walk up the stairs on the North end of the building.  PE will touch the opposite wall at the top of the stairs and return to the bottom.
  10. PE will next engage an attacker, holding a large pad, and deliver 5 knee strikes.
  11. PE will enter the fire truck bay and serpentine through the cones provided, started with the furthest away on the South side of the bay area. 
  12. Once through all five cones, PE will run to the pull-up bar and complete 1 pull up.
  13. After completion of the pull-up, PE will have two wooden barricades to go over and under.  PE will make the decision which one to go over and which one to go under.  One maneuver has to be opposite the other.
  14. PE will then run out the front doors of the fire station and back to the patrol vehicle.  Time will stop at a specified area.
  15. After time has stopped, PE has 10 seconds to pick out the suspect from the description given earlier.

 Deductions:

  1. 10 second additional time for dropping either one or both dumbbells.
  2. 20 second additional time for not completing the vehicle push.
  3. 25 second additional time for not dragging downed Firefighter.
  4. 10 second additional time for not completing the stair climb.
  5. 20 second additional time for not completing 5 knee strikes.
  6. 5 second additional time added for each cone failed to maneuver in the serpentine.
  7. 10 second additional time added for failure to complete 1 pull up.
  8. 20 second additional time for failing to complete the two barricades.
  9. Automatic disqualification if wrong suspect identification is made, regardless of time.

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