Fire Fighting

softballstar9904 · July 2012

Is there a tool that I can use to figure out how many calories I burn while I am fighting fire?? I know it has be a large amount of calories because the gear itself weights about 50lbs and extremely hot. Just wanting to know if someone can help me out with a tool to help figure it out?? Thanks for the help!!!

EellaK · July 2012

Really, I'd just set myself as "active" (if your dept is like my husband's, you're training every day if you're not actually fighting fires), and eat a little more daily. You will need more calories than someone who is lightly active, but trying to calculate the actual per fire burn! :-)

still_crafty · July 2012

my first answer is that if you are a fire fighter as part of your every day activity, then you shouldn't be logging it.

second answer is that you could get a heart rate monitor but thats just one more thing to try to get on with your gear and it may not hold up well under extreme heat.