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September 11 and Gymflesh®

Created after the devastation of 9-11, the Gymflesh® stop loss preparedness protocol programs have been running continually, reducing incidences of mortality, morbidity, disability, injury, and stress disorders.
 

Rote exercise programs, along with intermittent physical check-ups, are not enough to ensure optimal health necessary for the fire service.

Gymflesh® custom-designs its programs, created by firefighters, with academic and medical experts, to engage firefighters in health education and training as it relates to firefighting.

Firefighters search out Gymflesh® for overall safety, time-efficiency, ease of execution and high-productivity since these are vital components that correlate to firefighting.

Request a custom program for your fire department's specialized needs, such as required physical training drills, medical requirements, weight loss, nutritional guidance, cardiovascular health, strength training and endurance skills, upgrading or designing an exercise facility, purchasing fire-service-appropriate exercise equipment.

The Gymflesh® Advantage

— Participants are engaged as dynamic drivers, not passive consumers, thus making the students their own teachers. This encourages proactivity for long-term lifestyle change.
— Firefighters are informed of the risks involved in fire service and supplied with the means to lessen, if not overcome, these occupational hazards.
— Low-risk/high-efficacy exercises are taught with a hands-on approach using whatever equipment is available to host fire house.
— Firefighter retention and recruitment is protected by offering attractive, ongoing benefits.
— Outside-the-line-of-duty responsibilities and choices are respected. Health and exercise programs are designed to allow for varying time commitments.
— Detailed strategies are provided for ongoing, in-service health and exercise education, providing benefits to active firefighters, social, auxiliary members and community at-large.
— Four fire department members are certified as Lead Training Members of the Health and Exercise Committee (One-Day Comprehensive Edition certifies two members). This helps assure ongoing health compliance and exercise activities.

Partnerships, Memberships, and Sponsorships

• US Dept of Justice / PSOBP

• US Dept of Homeland Security

• US Fire Administration

• US Congress' National Fallen Firefighter's Foundation

• NFFF Everyone Goes Home Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives

• National Fire Protection Association

• National Volunteer Fire Council

• Fireman's Association of the State of New York

• New York Firefighters' Burn Center Foundation

• Fire Aid / EMS Aid USA (formerly Helping Our Own) (websites provided by Gymflesh Corporation)

Since 9-11, Gymflesh® has donated pro bono goods and services valued at over USD $1.5m to American military, law enforcement, fire service, and EMS personnel.

Gymflesh® Fire Service Protocol

The mission of Gymflesh® is to develop and implement national firefighter preparedness initiatives resulting in an immediate and significant reduction in incidences of mortality, morbidity, disability, injury, and stress disorders.

The Gymflesh® Fire Service Protocol programs help save lives, defend quality of life, preserve complete health (mental, physical, social) and increase workplace productivity and safety and aid in retention and recruitment.

The Gymflesh® Making The Everyday Hero Athlete® Firefighters' programs are designed by firefighters for firefighters. The only requirements for participation are firefighters and whatever equipment, if any, is available. Gymflesh® provides three different on-site firefighter protocols to suit any fire department's particular needs: a 2-Day Limited Edition, a 1-Day Comprehensive Edition, and a Build-Your-Own Edition.

That's why, since 9-11, firefighters and firehouses across the USA choose Gymflesh®, because the best firefighting equipment in the world will not prevent tragedy caused by suboptimal health.

Gymflesh® educates, prepares, and trains firefighters with the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), "New York's Bravest," for the New York City Fire Academy ("The Rock"), as well as scores of other fire districts, academies and training centers, departments, and companies, from the most rural settings to major metropolitan areas, fulfilling the Gymflesh® mission across the USA for local, county, state, and federal firefighter preparedness, complete health, and safety.

Gymflesh® and its fire-service staff are committed to making sure any request for our Firefighters' Stop Loss Health Education and Medical Exercise Preparedness Protocols satisfies your needs.

Only Gymflesh® has an academic interdisciplinary team of exercise specialists, healthcare and medical authorities, firefighters and fire service professionals designing and teaching its fire service protocol programs. You ask for it, Gymflesh® will supply it, firefighters to firefighters.

Most commercial health and exercise systems are designed for the atypical firefighter and for the out of the ordinary fire department. Gymflesh® works for real-life firefighters without marketing gimmicks and empty promises.

Fire departments spend a great deal of money to upgrade engines and trucks, gear and tools, yet often leave the life-sustaining basics of health education and exercise unaddressed. Gymflesh® empowers each firefighter with direct, hands-on supervision, with on-site training and superior post-program follow-through.

Features Found Only at Gymflesh®

• NFPA 1583: Gymflesh® programs meet and exceed the standards of the National Fire Protection Association's publication: Standard on Health-Related Fitness Programs for Fire Fighters, 2000 Ed.

• Individualized settings: teaching is done in supervised, small group settings.

• Customized programs: programs are all adapted to the specific situation of the host firehouse.

• Health education materials: reference materials are supplied for pre and post program support.

• Exercise routines: allows firefighters to use whatever equipment is available.

• Pre-program partnership: work begins weeks, if not months, prior to on-site activities.

• Post-program support: 24-7, 365 post-program support is available to all host firehouses (including unrestricted access to the Gymflesh® Firefighters Support Blog).

• Personalized assessment: program is tailored to participants' health conditions and needs.

• Financial assistance: aid may be available to qualifying fire departments. For more information on financial assistance options, click here.

• Our Guarantee: if called into service while the program is in session, we will make up time lost. 

Additional Fire Service Benefits

• Supplies fire service-specific physical training.

• Satisfies training requirements.

• Reinforces overall fire station management.

• Teaches participants to become active health and exercise leaders.

• Provides support and referrals for the unique emotional demands of firefighters.

• Encourages health-related mutual aid and reinforcement.

• Gives morale and procedural direction.

• Develops public service visibility and recognition.

• Encourages program follow-through by creating a fun, relaxed atmosphere.

• Protects and preserves volunteer firefighter retention and recruitment.

Gymflesh® Addresses Mental and Social Health as well as Physical

Upon request, our programs talk directly to many pressing social issues, Gymflesh® knows many social problems remain unaddressed and unspoken and unhealed. Where most people either deny or avoid the real-time social problems impacting complete health, Gymflesh® dares open the dialogue and have long-overdue conversations about these public crises. Some of the urgent topics needing immediate and long-term interventions, that only Gymflesh® speaks boldly to, are:

Depression, stress, and trauma, PTSD. — Rage and aggression. — Misogyny, misandry, bullying, and domestic violence. — Racism, sexism, ageism and discrimination. — Political divisions and nationalism. — Economic and class structures. — Religious and belief discrimination, fanaticism, and bigotry. — Self-injury and suicide. — Redacted statistics and unrecorded data. — Played-out habits and timeworn practices. — Nepotism, favoritism, and unearned advantage. — Cultural and ethnic exclusivity and arrogance. — Unsafe, impersonal, and degrading sexual practices. — Being single, divorced, separated, or widowed. — Alcohol use, abuse, and alcoholism. — Illegal and illicit substance abuse. — Pharmaceutical and various addictions. — Tobacco, chew, spit, and snuff. — Homophobia, heterosexism, and unlawful hate crimes. — Additional idiosyncratic topics as requested.

Standards and Protocols

Together, Gymflesh® and the host firehouse form a Health and Exercise Committee to provide program structure and in-house procedures for ongoing health compliance and exercise activities, as per NFPA 1583. Gymflesh® prepares the groundwork; each firehouse initiates and continues its own responsibilities

The host fire department is awarded an official Certificate of Honor and Accomplishment for taking proactive initiatives and making a commitment to maintaining compliance with NFPA 1583.

Each appointed lead firefighter is awarded a Gymflesh® School Certificate of Honor and Duty as the firehouse's Health and Exercise Committee Lead Training Member. The host Department may then be granted permission by Gymflesh Corporation to become a local resource center for other local fire departments who have successfully hosted a Gymflesh® program, thus building community networks within the standards of NFPA 1583. This in turn, fosters better mutual aid relationships.

We scout out potential interns to study and work with Gymflesh® School as instructors for other fire departments offering personal and professional growth opportunities.

Local, county, state, federal agencies, and other fire service associations’ guidelines and regulations are all taken into account making Gymflesh® the best, most well-rounded health and well-being program available for firefighters.

Register Now

Phone the Registrar's Office today to choose your dates and to speak with our fire service experts. Choose your own program (see Sample Programs and Terms of Service):

• 1-Day Comprehensive Edition Program

• 2-Day Limited Edition Program, Single Firehouse

• 2-Day Limited Edition Program, Mutual Aid Firehouses

• Firefighters’ Edition Build-Your-Own Edition Program

Rates: Group programs start at USD $5,500.00, exclusive of customized fees. Individual services start at USD $750.00 per 90-minute session (15 hours minimum), exclusive of customized fees. Terms, conditions, and fees depend upon specific requests.
 

Call Gymflesh® Today for On-Site Physical Preparedness

Only Gymflesh® makes firefighters healthier and safer from the inside out. From small groups to large multi-stationed fire departments across the USA, you decide and we provide.

Request our Fire Service Protocol brochure and the Terms of Service Agreement. Terms, conditions, and fees depend upon specific requests.

Program changes and prices are updated regularly and should be referred to frequently for our current Terms and fees.

Gymflesh® Firefighter Programs
POB 475, Tappan, NY 10983-0475
212-714-8000, ext 3

Fire.School@Gymflesh.com