WILTSHIRE Fire Brigade has made its physical aptitude test easier for older recruits to help solve a staff shortage.
The brigade has also made changes to the order of the tests applicants have to undergo.
But Eugene Johnson, Wilt-shire's assistant chief fire officer, stressed the changes would not result in new recruits being of an inferior physical standard.
Mr Johnson said: "We have made an adjustment to the pass mark of the aerobic capacity test to make an allowance for age."
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