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Volunteer firefighter in the Orne (SDIS 61): fitness tests and thresholds by age

Volunteer firefighters · Orne fire service (SDIS 61)

The 3 events with figures in the entry tests (push-ups, wall sit, plank), their “standard” threshold by age and sex, and a calculator. Copied from the Orne fire service document, updated on 10/06/2023. Volunteers are taken on from 16 to 55 (60 for nurses and doctors).

3 events4 age bandsOfficial source cited

The "standard" level of the entry tests for volunteer firefighters of the Orne fire service (SDIS 61), France. Each fire service sets its own tests: this scale applies to the Orne.

The events

The events and their thresholds

Each threshold reads “or more”: the “standard” level starts at that value.

Push-ups

reps

Hands shoulder-width apart, arms placed under the shoulders, arms straight.

The document gives neither the pace nor the length of the test. Varko counts the reps done in a row.

Push-ups
Age	Men	Women
16-29 years	20 in a row	11 in a row
30-39 years	18 in a row	10 in a row
40-49 years	16 in a row	9 in a row
50-65 years	14 in a row	8 in a row

Wall sit (Killy test)

seconds

The test measures the endurance of the thighs.

The document does not describe the position. Varko uses the usual wall sit: back against the wall, thighs level, held as long as you can.

Wall sit (Killy test)
Age	Men	Women
16-29 years	2 min	2 min
30-39 years	1 min 50	1 min 50
40-49 years	1 min 36	1 min 36
50-65 years	1 min 12	1 min 12

Forearm plank

seconds

In push-up position, resting on your forearms, hold as long as you can.

Forearm plank
Age	Men	Women
16-29 years	2 min	2 min
30-39 years	1 min 50	1 min 50
40-49 years	1 min 36	1 min 36
50-65 years	1 min 12	1 min 12

Copied from “Tests de recrutement des sapeurs-pompiers volontaires, annexe 1” (Orne fire service (SDIS 61), 10/06/2023).

What this page doesn't say

What the document doesn't score

the four other physical events (15-minute run, extension ladder, course with breathing apparatus, carrying a casualty) and the interview: the document names or describes them, without a scale;
the “average” and “insufficient” levels of the scale: this page and Varko read the “standard” level; the level required to be selected: the document does not say.

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Source

Document: Tests de recrutement des sapeurs-pompiers volontaires, annexe 1
Publisher: Orne fire service (SDIS 61)
Updated: 10/06/2023
Read by Varko: 10/21/2026
Link: www.sdis61.fr/sdis61-upload/download-files/informations-de-recrutement-pour-devenir-spv.pdf

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