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I’m 30 years old and ready to change my fitness. I was never
an athletic kid and that caught up to me when I decided to
become a firefighter 2003. I knew there would be a fitness
test so I went for a run and couldn’t even run around the
track without losing my breath. Since then I have been kind
of committed to staying in shape. I would kind of get in
shape for the fire academy but when I

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I’m 30 years old and ready to change my fitness. I was never
an athletic kid and that caught up to me when I decided to
become a firefighter 2003. I knew there would be a fitness
test so I went for a run and couldn’t even run around the
track without losing my breath. Since then I have been kind
of committed to staying in shape. I would kind of get in
shape for the fire academy but when I started paramedic
school everything I gained I lost. Then I kind of got in
shape for the fitness test when I was hired as a
firefighter/paramedic. Now I kind of stay in shape through
out the year then kick it up for the yearly fitness test.
The problem with that is that isn’t good enough and I feel
the community I work for are expecting better. Firefighting
is very strenuous profession that demands a lot. The number
one killer of firefighters is heart attacks not some heroic
act. Scientists have found that due to the lack of
commitment to fitness firefighters are dying, over 100 a
year with a majority of those being heart attacks. For me I
draw a line in the sand NOW!! I will no longer be the kind
of fit firefighter but the firefighter that is fit and the
example to others.

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