Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on September 17, 2015, an employee was working as a state trooper for a state police agency. He was at a firing range, participating in a physical training test for a position on the Vermont State Police tactical service unit (VSP TSU). He was one of six candidates participating in an evaluation for one of two positions available on the VSP TSU. The evaluation was carried out in three stages. The candidates completed each stage separately. The stages were interview, physical training course, and firing range. The trooper had completed the interview portion of the process. He began the physical training course evaluation at 1:24 p.m. on September 17, 2015. The course consisted of 10 burpees, 50 pushups, and a 1.6-kilometer (1-mile) run. Next, he would put a gas mask on and pick up a ram. Then he would perform lunges with the ram for approximately 6.1 meters (20 feet), run with the ram for approximately 37 meters (40 yards), drop the ram, take the gas mask off, and low crawl for approximately 9.1 meters (30 feet). Next, he would pick up a shield, run to 5 staggered cones, and take a knee and cover it with the shield at each cone for approximately 15.2 meters (50 feet). Then he would run with shield for aproximately 91 meters (100 yards). Then he would drop the shield, flip a tractor tire five times, drag the tractor tire for approximately 4.6 meters (15 feet), and run to five staggered cones and prone out at each for approximately 15.2 meters (50 feet). Next, he would drag an officer in body armor for approximately 15.2 meters (50 feet). Then he would climb a sand hill that was approximately 9.1 meters (30 feet) high, descend the hill, put the gas mask back on, and disassemble and assemble a handgun. The trooper collapsed near the end of the approximately 2.4-kilometer (1.5-mile) course on the next to last portion of the course, while climbing the 9.1-meter (30-foot) sand hill at 1:44 p.m. CPR was given and his clothing was removed. No other cooling was carried out. An AED was attached, but no shocks from it were indicated. CPR was carried out for 75 minutes until an ambulance arrived. The trooper was transported to the UVM medical Center. The employee was pronounced dead at 3:17 p.m. that same day. An autopsy cited the cause of death as exertional heat stroke. The original description mentioned "high environmental temperature," but it didn't provide an actual number.