The use of two different methods of workload quantification in firefighters

Summary Aim of the study To measure firefighters’ workload on real condition during a 10-hour guard with the use of two different methods: a method based on heart rate and a method based on the perceptive workload. Synthesis Fourteen male professional firefighters performed a 10-hour guard with a heart rate monitor and their perceived exertion of the exercise intensity was recorded. The results showed significant differences for the total 10-hour guard workload between the two methods for daily tasks ( P P P P Conclusion The findings of this study suggest that the perceptive workload method is important to assess the workload of an activity like the firefighters work.