Ensuring life safety of military personnel of fire and rescue units through special physical training

Abstract

Abstract. The professional activity of military personnel of fire and rescue units significantly differs from that of servicemen of other branches of the Armed Forces. The level of physical fitness of military rescuers plays a crucial role in the effectiveness of performing professional tasks. The study substantiates a technology of special physical training for the professional preparation of fire safety specialists based on an individualized and differentiated approach. The purpose of the study is to substantiate and develop a technology of special physical training for military personnel of fire and rescue units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, implemented through an individualized and differentiated approach in the training process, as well as to verify its effectiveness in the course of a pedagogical experiment. The study employed a set of research methods, including theoretical analysis and generalization of previous studies, sociological methods (survey), pedagogical observation (testing), pedagogical experiment, and methods of mathematical statistics. The result of the research is the author’s technology of an individualized and differentiated approach in physical training during the preparation of military personnel of fire and rescue units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This technology includes: Design stage – determination of the initial level of physical fitness of a serviceman; Cognitive stage – study of individual differences in the formation of physical fitness; Operational stage – application of the full range of means, forms, and methods of physical training; Corrective stage – adjustment of the physical training process and assistance in planning further physical self-improvement. During the verification of the effectiveness of the proposed technology in the pedagogical experiment, the dynamics of indicators of special physical fitness and professional readiness were assessed, particularly in terms of decision-making accuracy. Conclusions. The effectiveness of the proposed technology in improving special physical fitness of military personnel has been proven. A statistically significant difference was found in the indicators of rescuers in the experimental group (EG) at the beginning and at the end of the experiment (p<0,05–0,001), as well as significant differences compared with the control group (CG) (p<0,05–0,001). It was established that in the control group no statistically significant changes occurred during the experiment (p>0,05). The results of professional readiness of servicemen in the control group did not change significantly during the experiment (t=0,353–1,787; p>0,05), whereas the results of performing calculation and analytical tasks by servicemen of the experimental group demonstrated statistically significant positive changes (t=2,474–8,485; p<0,05–0,001).