FITNESS

Prince George's Co., MD
 

IAFF/IAFC PFT's	6
Duties	Conduct physical fitness appraisals Maintain equipment Facilitate wellness/fitness education and promotion at the station/battalion level Recruit physical fitness appraisals and pre-hiring wellness/fitness mentoring Research and development of new wellness/fitness methods Coordination and communication of information and data to the Risk Mgmt. Office and the Wellness and Fitness Coordinator
Exercise Time	Minimum of 1.5 hours 3 days each week on day work 2 hours every 24 hour work shift Each individual employee's responsibility to maintain a training log of documented physical fitness training and functional physical training; must be signed by the employee's supervisors and presented upon request to the Risk Mgmt. Office
Exercise Program	Functional Physical Fitness Training Programs - offer the opportunity to combine physical fitness training with heavy exertion skills and movements required of job tasks that are specific to emergency operations Peer Fitness Trainer Programs Pre-Hire Fitness Preparation Program Recruit Fitness Training Program
Equipment	In house 360/sq foot fitness center includes:  treadmills, elliptical trainers, stationary bikes, rowing machines, stair climbers, machine and free weights Use of station equipment, community centers
Nutrition	Wellness and Fitness Director works with a certified nutritionist to develop weight loss and/or create individualized diet plans to achieve and maintain optimum health, body weight while reducing chances for disease