(a) Part-time and full-time firefighters must, as a minimum, be able to complete the following agility tests in the times allotted:
(1) Task 1 - stair climb with high-rise pack.
A. The applicant will carry a high-rise standpipe pack (2-50 foot sections of 1½ inch hose weighing 50 pounds) to the third floor of the fire tower.
B. The applicant will deposit the hose in the designated location.
C. After task number two is completed, this hose will then be returned down the stairs to the starting location.
The maximum amount of time for completion of this task is four minutes and 30 seconds.
(2) Task 2 - hose hoist. The applicant, from a third story window, using a hand motion, hoists a 50 foot donut roll of 2½ inch hose (about 50 pounds) connected by 5/8 inch rope. This task will be completed twice.
The maximum amount of time for completion of this task is four minutes and 30 seconds.
(3) Task 3 - forcible entry. The applicant using the Kaiser Force Machine and a nine pound hammer, will drive a steel beam five feet.
(4) Task 4 - hose advance. The applicant will pick up the nozzle and move a 1.5 inch charged hose straight forward 75 feet.
(5) Task 5 - victim rescue. The applicant will drag a 165 pound dummy a distance of 100 feet.
(b) The time recommended by the Northeast Ohio Fire Chief's Association for completion of these tests is four minutes and 30 seconds. Cuyahoga Community College will issue a certificate indicating the time it takes to complete the tasks. The class participants will be responsible for taking their certificate of completion to the jurisdiction for which they are applying.
(c) The certificates will be valid for one year. Applicants must be sure that the fire departments where they are applying for a position will accept the certificate as their standard.
(d) Part-time firefighters who have passed all the minimum standards and who are applying for status as full-time firefighters must be re-tested and complete all of the standards set forth in this section.
(e) All part-time and full-time firefighters who have been on a leave of absence for more than one year must be re-tested and complete all of the standards set forth in this section.
(Ord. 93-1-15. Passed 3-2-93; Ord. 2004-5-2. Passed 5-4-04.)