Health & Wellness
FireRescue1’s Health and Wellness resource center provides practical, evidence-informed guidance to support physical fitness, mental health and long-term career resilience. Coverage includes injury prevention, nutrition, sleep, stress management, cancer awareness and behavioral health to help fire service professionals remain healthy, capable and mission-ready on and off duty.
The Spartan Races founder says coffee, couch and cotton candy are the brain’s defaults, but there are simple ways to get out of your comfort zone
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How company officers should manage the space between calls
The union’s lawsuit alleges a third-party test found oil and particulates in the air used to fill SCBA cylinders, and that the city of Huntsville withheld records about it
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As KCFD handles about 400 calls a day, the union-run program 42 CARES offers confidential counseling for firefighters coping with cumulative trauma
The former Baltimore County paramedic pleaded guilty to filming himself urinating and ejaculating on fire department property, including co-workers’ food and equipment
When an incident stretches across meals, weather changes, crew rotations and operational periods, the larger challenge becomes sustaining the entire response
Not every emotional burden of the job is trauma — some experiences are rooted in loss
Common firehouse phrases can reveal deeper problems with trust, culture, communication and safety — if leaders know how to listen
Days after becoming West Virginia’s first fire department to earn NIOSH’s Gold Helmet cancer-registry designation, Fairmont is partnering with WVU Medicine on targeted screenings and behavioral health support for its 41 full-time firefighter
Delaware County’s peer-support program connected 100% of engaged first responders to care through a 24/7 hotline and weekly confidential drop-in meetings
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New series brings firefighters and industry experts together to discuss cancer risks, occupational exposure and efforts to protect the people who protect us
Retired Orlando firefighters Chris DeMaagd and Joseph McCluan share how a bench, a walk and firehouse camaraderie became a proactive approach to mental health
From behavioral health care to family assistance, HFD’s Firefighter Support Network provides help across a firefighter’s career
Learn why traditional cleaning methods fall short and how a standardized decontamination process can help protect firefighters from toxic exposure long after the flames are out
Here’s how to evaluate, budget for and implement helmet-level ballistic protection
Buffalo Grove’s new Fire Station 25 features cancer-reduction measures, sleep-focused bunk rooms, expanded apparatus bays and a larger fitness area
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers will study the cumulative effects of harmful exposures, workplace violence, injuries and psychological stress on firefighters and EMS providers
Rotation is a key driver of brain injuries, and fire helmet certification still doesn’t measure it — but a new test rig does
Use this training plan to teach EMS and fire personnel to recognize heat stroke and begin rapid cold-water immersion before transport
Flint firefighters have been reassigned while Stations 6 and 8 undergo $164,000 in kitchen renovations to address mold and asbestos issues
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